ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down11
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareI have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThat makes sense - I never looked into why bin/cue was sometimes used. Would that mean that bin/cue is better for multitrack and mixed mode CDs?
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYes, because it records “all” the data. Other image formats also store the extended data at the start of the disc and the gap data between the tracks, but unless it’s an odd format or has some really nasty copy protection, that information isn’t usually useful.
That makes sense - I never looked into why bin/cue was sometimes used. Would that mean that bin/cue is better for multitrack and mixed mode CDs?
Yes, because it records “all” the data.
Other image formats also store the extended data at the start of the disc and the gap data between the tracks, but unless it’s an odd format or has some really nasty copy protection, that information isn’t usually useful.