OPTIONS:
-v --verbose : extra verbose operation
-q --quiet : quiet operation
-e --stderr-progress : force output of progress information to
stderr (for wrapper scripts)
-l --log-summary : save result summary to file
-V --version : print version info and quit
-Q --query : autosense drive, query disc and quit
-B --batch : 'batch' mode (saves each track to a
seperate file.
-s --search-for-drive : do an exhaustive search for drive
-h --help : print help
-p --output-raw : output raw 16 bit PCM in host byte
order
-r --output-raw-little-endian : output raw 16 bit little-endian PCM
-R --output-raw-big-endian : output raw 16 bit big-endian PCM
-w --output-wav : output as WAV file (default)
-f --output-aiff : output as AIFF file
-a --output-aifc : output as AIFF-C file
-c --force-cdrom-little-endian : force treating drive as little endian
-C --force-cdrom-big-endian : force treating drive as big endian
-n --force-default-sectors : force default number of sectors in read
to n sectors
-o --force-search-overlap : force minimum overlap search during
verification to n sectors
-d --force-cdrom-device : use specified device; disallow
autosense
-g --force-generic-device : really an alias for -d. Kept for
compatibility.
-S --force-read-speed : read from device at specified speed
-t --toc-offset : Add sectors to the values reported
when addressing tracks. May be negative
-T --toc-bias : Assume that the beginning offset of
track 1 as reported in the TOC will be
addressed as LBA 0. Necessary for some
Toshiba drives to get track boundaries
correct
-m --mmc-timeout : Set SCSI-MMC timeout to seconds.
-O --sample-offset : Add samples to the offset when
reading data. May be negative.
-z --never-skip[=n] : never accept any less than perfect
data reconstruction (don't allow 'V's)
but if [n] is given, skip after [n]
retries without progress.
-Z --disable-paranoia : disable all paranoia checking
-Y --disable-extra-paranoia : only do cdda2wav-style overlap checking
-X --abort-on-skip : abort on imperfect reads/skips
-x --test-flags=mask : simulate CD-reading errors of ilk-mask n
mask & 0x10 - simulate underrun errors
OUTPUT SMILIES:
:-) Normal operation, low/no jitter
:-| Normal operation, considerable jitter
:-/ Read drift
:-P Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation
8-| Finding read problems at same point during reread; hard to correct
:-0 SCSI/ATAPI transport error
:-( Scratch detected
;-( Gave up trying to perform a correction
8-X Aborted (as per -X) due to a scratch/skip
:^D Finished extracting
PROGRESS BAR SYMBOLS:
No corrections needed
- Jitter correction required
+ Unreported loss of streaming/other error in read
! Errors are getting through stage 1 but corrected in stage2
e SCSI/ATAPI transport error (corrected)
V Uncorrected error/skip
SPAN ARGUMENT:
The span argument may be a simple track number or a offset/span
specification. The syntax of an offset/span takes the rough form:
1[ww:xx:yy.zz]-2[aa:bb:cc.dd]
Here, 1 and 2 are track numbers; the numbers in brackets provide a
finer grained offset within a particular track. [aa:bb:cc.dd] is in
hours/minutes/seconds/sectors format. Zero fields need not be
specified: [::20], [:20], [20], [20.], etc, would be interpreted as
twenty seconds, [10:] would be ten minutes, [.30] would be thirty
sectors (75 sectors per second).
When only a single offset is supplied, it is interpreted as a starting
offset and ripping will continue to the end of he track. If a single
offset is preceeded or followed by a hyphen, the implicit missing
offset is taken to be the start or end of the disc, respectively. Thus:
1:[20.35] Specifies ripping from track 1, second 20, sector 35 to
the end of track 1.
1:[20.35]- Specifies ripping from 1[20.35] to the end of the disc
-2 Specifies ripping from the beginning of the disc up to
(and including) track 2
-2:[30.35] Specifies ripping from the beginning of the disc up to
2:[30.35]
2-4 Specifies ripping from the beginning of track two to the
end of track 4.
Don't forget to protect square brackets and preceeding hyphens from
the shell...
A few examples, protected from the shell:
A) query only with exhaustive search for a drive and full reporting
of autosense:
cd-paranoia -vsQ
B) extract up to and including track 3, putting each track in a separate
file:
cd-paranoia -B -- "-3"
C) extract from track 1, time 0:30.12 to 1:10.00:
cd-paranoia "[:30.12]-1[1:10]"
