[Ham-Computers] cassette to CD

[KD7JYK DM09]

What format is the audio being recorded on the CD?

I transfer cassettes to CD often.  I play the cassette into a simple audio
recording program, such as "Say It" or "Audio Recorder", nothing fancy, just
the basic sound recorder that comes with Windows 3.11 or Windows 98.

Depending on the program, it will record in .WAV or .MP1, 2 or 3, other
formats with other programs of course, such as .WMV, .WMA, .AIFF, .PCM, et
cetera.

These are computer audio formats, not audio CD formats.

To play them in a CD player, you need a CD player or DVD player that
recognizes the computer format, or use the computer to play the audio file
back.

To be able to play on a standard audio CD player, you need a recorder that
will record or convert to .CDA format.  I've had nothing but trouble with
that as it seems a computers verison of .CDA is entirely different than an
actual .CDA, so I can't help there, I leave them as .WAV files so I can play
them
on computers from DOS 5 or so on up.

Kurt