How to "rip" audio CD tracks to WAV files

[alexcpp]

Hey guys,

I am writing a program that must have a capability of converting audio cd tracks to wav files (and possibly to mp3, I will worry about this later).

I dont have any idea what process and API functions to use.

I searched the web for a good vb tutorial but I didn't have any luck yet.

If any of you had experience with or knowledge of this or if you have a link to a site that has a tutorial please share.

Thanks,

[crpietschmann]

I believe the MAPI api's are what you are looking for. These api calls are located in MAPI.DLL

[manavo11]

I thought MAPI was for e-mailing

[crpietschmann]

The cd burning program that I have uses the MAPI.DLL, so I would beleive its for burning cds.

[TheManWhoCan]

Yeh I think MAPI is bollocks, you should be using the DeviceIoControl() function in the Device I/O section of the Platform SDK. All the control codes you use with CDs start with IOCTL_CDROM_ (and they're in the Windows DDK section) so you can look those up to see how to use them. You need to set up buffered MMIO to output the data read into a RIFF file etc... if you don't know what I'm talking about I strongly advise you don't bother trying. If you do, but you or your end user isn't using Windows XP/2000, then you'll have to dig up the old school interupt commands - which are above my head.