Windows 11: 28 years later, the CD ripping Made in Windows 95 returns with CD2WAV32
The improbable resurrection of CD2WAV32, a mythical tool to extract the audio tracks from our good old CDs, plunges us back at a time when engraving a compilation was ritual. Today, this software dinosaur returns, recompilized in 64 bits, to turn under Windows 11. A technological proust madeleine… at your own risk.
CD2WAV32 returns from the dead, and runs in 64 bit on Windows 11
It was necessary to dare: to put a utility designed in the Windows 95 era in the saddle to run it in 2025 on Windows 11 (24h2), in 64 bits. And yet, that’s exactly what his developer, Moroboshi Ramu, motivated by the simple curiosity of seeing if the tool was still working. Result: CD2WAV32 was recompiled with Delphi 12.1 Community Edition, rid of its 16 -bit calls, and with a display suitable for 4K screens.
It must be admitted, practical interest remains limited. On the one hand, the interface is entirely in Japanese. On the other hand, Windows Media Player can very well rip a CD for years, without resorting to computer relics. But in this update there is a scent of nostalgia and a demonstration: even forgotten software can survive … As long as a developer wants it.
On the technical side, the transition to the 64 -bit resolves certain overcoming problems (overflow) in case of large files. The metadata is now accurately managed, even for very bulky discs. Goodbye, therefore, at Twinvq and MSCDEX, these ancient components of the Windows 3.X era, incompatible with Windows 11 modern architecture. There is also a change of police: Meiryo 10pt replaces the venerable MSP Gothic.
And Windows 10 in all of this? The developer specifies that he only tested summarily on an old Atom PC, but that the application seems to work. No formal commitment: if it works, it’s all the better.
