Gizmoweek publishes detailed technical writeup of the tool
4 Nov 2 11:06 PM · 8d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 4 of 4
Tech outlet Gizmoweek explains the underlying optical-recording principle, the CD/DVD/Blu-ray encoding schemes used (0D/AA, A5/92, 25GB BD-R with UDF 2.01), the GUI/CLI workflow, and the experimental live-burning mode, while noting output is not photo-quality.
JiaFeiMiao-K-Cat Developer of DiscImageStudioarduinocelentano Creator of the original CDImage projectbpierre Hacker News submitterchippy Hacker News submitter
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I made a CTF challenge for this year's BSidesSF CTF where players were given a CDDA audio file (just raw PCM samples) which when burned on a CD-RW would produce an image of the flag. (The idea was not for them to burn the audio, since they'd need to guess my exact CD-RW or else they wouldn't get an image readable enough to be useful. Instead they…
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I used to have a label system called Neato, which provided round CD labels you could make on a printer, along with a tool to press them accurately onto the non-recording side of a CD-R. There were even transparent labels, so the resulting disk looked like a commercially produced disk.
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This is exactly the sort of thing the 2020's are missing. Something tactile and artsy, reminiscent of the early 2000s! Well done to the author
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