Ask HN: Recovering an audio disk ripped in an unknown format
Hello HN,<p>Wondering if some experts can help me.<p>Years ago, I went to a car audiophile meetup somewhere in North London and while there, I&#x27;ve heard a very interesting set of songs on a CD while listening to one of the guys setup. I took down his details, later got in touch and asked him clone the CD and post it to me for a few, so I could have it for myself. When it arrived, I thought I should rip the CD in case I loose it, was it was great selection of songs to benchmark audio system quality in general. I have a recollection saying it was one of the European Mobile Music Association (EMMA) test disks, but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s likely because those usually have a lot of chatter explaining judges which test chapter they are currently on.<p>Anyways, six-seven years later, I got a new stereo at home, and I thought it would be great to see what that set of songs sounds like on the new system.<p>I dug up the image file in my Google Drive, which claims to be in MDF format, tried to mount it, and to my disappointment it did not work.
Tried renaming it to .iso, .bin, .cue, .nrg, yet none of these seem to work.<p>I don&#x27;t recall exactly what I used to rip it, but I suspect it was Nero Burning ROM or something alike.<p>The only recollection I have is that one of the songs on the CD (number 2 or 3) was Club For Five - Brothers in Arms (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=g55JlxWYo8Q)<p>This is where I am looking for  experts help, perhaps someone who knows about audio encoding enough can recover the songs on the disk image.<p>Disk image available at:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;drive.google.com&#x2F;file&#x2F;d&#x2F;0B8u8uTexrWiSSjJYX1gxTllEamM&#x2F;view?usp=sharing