Re: Closing a CD after writing

/Debra/ said:

"Ghostrider" wrote:

Debra wrote:

Okay...I just burned an audio CD and it did close the CD. But it converted my
.wav files to .cda. Can I stop this and keep as wave ?

Keep in mind that a *.wav file is really a data file and
it is not playable in an audio CD-player. Essentially, one
chooses the option for creating a data cdrom instead of an
music one.

Thanks Ghostrider.
But since I'm completely confused now let me give you all some more history
and maybe I can get some more info.
I work for a law enforcement agency. Almost daily the public or DA office
requests certain data which are 911 calls. This is the info my two users are
burning to CD. The file format of these files are .wav. They have been
burning them as data files but since I have found out the CD isn't closed, we
are concerned. So can someone recommend the best way to burn these files ? As
far as I know, these CDs are played in either a computer or CD player. Which
would be the best way to burn these to be read on both if possible ?

WAV files are audio data files that normally can be played only from a
computer's CD drive. When opened, they launch a player - such as Windows
Media Player. That is not to say that there may be a standalone CD player
(not on a computer) that can read them, but that's not generally the case.

CDA files are converted WAV files that will also launch a media player on a
PC. They work with a standalone CD audio player as well. Thus, they might
be suitable for your needs. As you have noted, once XP burns an audio
file/s, creating CDA files, the disc containing them is automatically
closed, and no files can be added thereafter.

If you need a burning application that can close a DATA disc - retaining the
WAV files as they are - a third-party burning utility may be the best
recourse, unless someone here suggests a method for closing a data disc via
XP's built-in software. I haven't run across one.

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