Re: CD disk image not recognized by Disk Utility

Hans wrote:
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article <PUGLj.5929$yD2.3302@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hans
Sluiman <not@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I downloaded an ISO disk image (and associated Cue sheet and CDT file) from http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/codetalkers/ but Tiger's Disk Utility does not recognize it and consequently is
unable to burn it to an audio CD.

The following *ought* to work but doesn't:

Put the "iso", cue, and cdt files in the same directory In your terminal of choice, type drutil burn SystemsTheory_Codetalkers_masterimage.cue But this produced the error

Must specify a valid image path (dmg, iso, cue/bin, and toc).

I tried munging the .cue file in various ways, and after I deleted the block os REM lines (gack, BASIC-style comments) the drutil command worked and produced a working CD.

I had also renamed the .iso file to .bin and changed the .cue file accordingly, and converted the Windows-style line ends in the .cue file to plain linefeeds, but I doubt those steps were necessary.

-- Richard

Thanks very much. I can confirm that this works indeed. I did not bother renaming files or changing line breaks, it just worked. A big round of applause for Richard.

Hans

Hi,

Steven Davies-Morris of Systems Theory here. Sorry to learn of the
hoops you chaps have had to jump through to get a copy of the disk
image of "Codetalkers" to burn on Mac. None of us in the project owns
a Mac so we had no real way of knowing what issues if any might be
encountered. However we've been able to burn it in several programs
on over a dozen variants of Linux so we guessed (hoped) that the cue
sheet approach would work across the board.

As for the disk image itself, it is an "orange book" standard ISO
(i.e. > 74 mins/640mb, the "red book" standard). So a cue sheet is a
requirement for ISO burning on all platforms that I'm aware of.
Whether I as a 30 year *nix software developer or you as Mac users
like it, the vast majority of end-users have some form of Windows, so
we made the largest common denominator decisions for the ISO image
download and a program to use to burn recommendation.

Next time we do this, when we offer "overfulnoisecascade" [Nov/Dec]
we will make every effort to get hold of a Mac so we can offer some
suggestions on the download page. At the very least I'll put Darwin on
one of the extra Intel boxes around here in plastic wrap and see what
open source burners work (in theory should be most given the kissing
cousin relationship of *nix+BSD and BSD+Leopard).

In the meantime I'd like to say thank you very much to Richard for
digging deep enough to come up with a solution, and another thanks to
those of you genuinely interested (...well..curious...) about our
music. I shall pass this on to other Mac users who are fans of Systems
Theory that have not yet been able to burn the disk image.

Those wanting to test drive us without going through the ISO download
process can either go to:

<http://www.last.fm/music/Systems+Theory>

to stream us in good quality MP3, or can d/l our MP3s from the band's
home page where I have unlocked both "Codetalkers" and its older
sibling "Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies". Those files are in VBR/HQ
MP3. Go to the "music" tab, then do the right-click-save-as process
on all 18 tracks, if you think you'd like to hear all of the tunes.

Comments, feedback, beyond stupid stuff like "best album ever" / "you
guys suck donkey balls" can be left on our "guestbook" tab. Any other
questions there's an email link on the "contacts" tab that will come
right to me.

One final thought about the cue sheet. I am curious about what would
happen if the REM lines were picked up and relocated down after the
last line of instruction for burning the 9th track. Perhaps I can
prevail on one of you to do that and let me know how that works. The
cue is nothing more than a text file with instructions that all
burners supporting the cue/bin cue/iso protocols are supposed to
understand. But if it does work like that then we'll rejig the cue
sheet in that way immediately to save other Mac users the frustration
you guys went through.

Finally, if you did burn the CD-R, don't forge to grab the insert and
rom jpegs so you make a proper CD out of it for you library. Those are
on the page at Mike Dickson's website:

<http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/codetalkers>
--
Cheers, and thanks again.
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
Systems Theory internet music project links:
official site <www.systemstheory.net>
MySpace MP3s <www.myspace.com/systemstheory>
CDBaby <www.cdbaby.com/systemstheory>
"Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies" CD released Dec 2004
"Codetalkers" CD now available for free download at:
<www.mikedickson.org.uk/codetalkers>
NP: Radio Massacre International "Rain falls on gray"
.

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