# Duplicating audio cd's **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452 "2017-07-03T18:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/1 "2017-07-03T18:04:35Z")
I was somewhat surprised to learn that Windows no longer will copy an audio cd. I tried two free utilities - buggy, didn’t work. I normally work with mp3’s, but this music cd is all cross-fades from track to track. Gapless playback of mp3’s depends more upon the mp3 player than how the tracks were ripped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/2 "2017-07-03T18:29:24Z")
That is odd, i have windows 10 creators update, and i can copy CD’s in media player like always. I can also literally drag and drop the track files as well, if i wanted to. Nero is a pretty good disc authoring suite if you need something else. ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/3 "2017-07-03T18:42:21Z")
Have you looked at exact audio copy? It’s what I used “back in the day” when I actually bought physical discs. Alternatively, both VLC and winamp allow you to redirect their output as a file. This is probably the best solution for what you’re trying to do. Check out [How to master VLC, the ultimate Windows media player for power users | PCWorld](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2011013/how-to-master-vlc-the-ultimate-windows-media-player-for-power-users.html) for direction on doing this with VLC. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/4 "2017-07-03T19:30:52Z")
To eliminate gaps between gapless songs, I’ve typically spliced them together with a program named Audacity. This is more than an idiosyncratic choice, since I often do want to hear them back to back by default (such as when I am playing them all on shuffle). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/5 "2017-07-03T19:35:43Z")
I’ve generally gotten good results with Exact Audio Copy for the CD copying and MP3Tag for the metadata editing. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/6 "2017-07-04T12:35:49Z")
Its possible your burner has a firmware issue related to burning CDDA. There might be a firmware update for the drive. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-audio-cds/790452/7 "2017-07-04T14:47:04Z")
I used imgburn back in the day, a little bit, anyway. Otherwise, I use Brasero on my Ubuntu desktop, one-click copying, easy.