Rescuing optical media

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General information

Rescuing optical media can be difficult, due to the many incompatible formats and copy protections that were used. CDs are difficult to image at low-level because most drives do not give access to the raw data.

The following is a table of some available disc dumping tools.

Software Supported media Development status License Platforms supported Website
Exact Audio Copy Audio CD actively developed Proprietary Microsoft Windows [1]
X Lossless Decoder Audio CD actively developed GPL Mac OS X [2]
Morituri Audio CD actively developed GPL Linux [3]