Write .toc files in addition to .cue files to support cdrdao and non-compliant .cue sheets

[sphh]

It would be great if whipper could write .toc files natively.

Motivation: If you want to write an Audio CD from files previously ripped with whipper (where whipper writes a non-compliant .cue sheet), the following steps are necessary – assuming that the files were saved as .flac (see also #212):

1. Convert all ripped .flac files to .wav files.
2. Replace all ".flac" file endings in the .cue file to ".wav".
3. Convert the .cue file to a .toc file with the help of mktoc.
4. Delete all .wav files generated in step 1.
5. Replace all ".wav" file endings in the .cue file to ".flac".
6. Burn the disk with cdrdao and the newly created .toc file.

If whipper were able to write .toc files, you would not have to go through the steps 1 to 5 and could burn the CD immediately with cdrdao.

[gorgobacka]

Isn't there already a parameter for this in whipper?

whipper cd rip -T

-T TOC_PICKLE, --toc-pickle TOC_PICKLE pickle to use for reading and writing the TOC (default: None)

[sphh]

Good idea! I tried whipper cd rip --toc-pickle my.toc ..., but the file produced does not resemble a .toc file at all: ovo.toc.zip

[RecursiveForest]

+1 for adding an option to save the disc toc. I think -t would be appropriate.

The -T / --toc_pickle command is legacy morituri internals cruft and should be deleted shortly.

[zuzzurro]

Isn't this needed for ripping cactus data shield protected CDs?

[JoeLametta]

Isn't this needed for ripping cactus data shield protected CDs?

Don't know: what's special about those CDs?