Package: bchunk Severity: normal
The man page (and help) are a bit confusing because they imply that you can convert any .bin/.cue pair to WAV files. Also, it implies that CDR format audio is a selectable output. Finally, it implies that the default mode is to generate ISO images. None of this is quite true, as far as I can see from looking at the source. First, the output type depends on the input type. I found this out the hard way, partly by having an incorrect CUE file. Secondly, no ISO image is generated; as far as I can see, the data is just copied, so if the input is in ISO format, the output will be. On the other hand, if the input is raw audio data, the output will be CDR or WAV (the latter if -w is given). This point (the output format depends on the input format) needs to be made in the man page. The basic idea is that audio input gives CDR or (with -w) WAV output, whereas other forms of input give ISO output. This means that -p and -r only make sense for MODE2/2352 input (it should be made clear in the help that it's the input that is meant, not the output). It may be worth verifying this with upstream, as I don't really know anything about all this stuff, I just played with the program and read the source. But for casual users (I was just trying to help a friend who was sent a .cue and .bin file from a recording of a concert he did) it would help make bchunk a program one can just use quickly once with only the usual "google, apt-get install, man, run" use of one shot converters, rather than getting exceedingly puzzled. Though I admit I would still have had to notice that the cue file gave the wrong format. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bchunk depends on: ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries bchunk recommends no packages. bchunk suggests no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
