How to copy the contents of a CDA file?

[juliocezar]

I was wondering, how can I copy a the contents of a CDA file to my harddisk?

through code?
or just copying it?
if its through code, all you have to do is copy it using FileCopy

[juliocezar]

What I'm trying to do is copy the wav information on a audio cd to my harddisk so that I can use the file on MP3 encoder or WMA enconder.

[Crazy D]

There is some code around here which uses the mci api calls to do so, but it doesn't really work very nice.
There are some ocx's around, search http://www.softseek.com in the developper section, i searched for mp3 and got a few links that also provide ripping to wave (and some directly to mp3)

on planet source code I found an algorithm to encode MP3's but its for C++

[MKUSA]

You can try http://www.download.com under the Audio section they have some nice freewares that converts CDA and other formats to .WAV or .MP3.

[Crazy D]

I've used controls from http://www.swiftsoft.com
Initally it can rip to wave file, but, if you have the right codec installed, it can rip directly to mp3.

[oetje]

The Cda files are just what Windows makes of the TOC of an audio cd. It holds the positions of the audio tracks on the cd.