Transfer MiniDisc audio to GNULinux PC

I didn't buy WinNMD because although I do have a portable NetMD, I don't use that for music transfers. I've got a home deck with an optical digital output (and a sound card with an optical digital input), but it's not a NetMD. So when I record on my PC, I can't use WinNMD if I want a digital transfer.

I ended up writing my own program to create a .cue sheet from the TOC info on my NetMD. That was free. When I have the time to polish it up a bit, I'll make it freely available on my website. Right now, it lacks a proper GUI.

So when I transfer a MD to the PC, I create a .cue with my NetMD program, eject the MD, stick it into my home deck, then use CD Wave to record the MD. When it's done, I load the .cue into CD Wave, then hit the save button to save the tracks. It's a bit more work than WinNMD, but I get a digital transfer of the music.

Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)