.cda file?!

Hi Everyone...
So my boss sends me a file of SMPTE time code encoded as a .cda file. Anyone know of a good converter (preferably free) that will convert this to .mp3, .wav, .aiff, anything usable...?
Thanks

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/cda
A .CDA shortcut file is a small file generated by Microsoft Windows for each track on an audio CD. The file contains indexing information and are named in the form TRACK##.CDA. The files contain no audio and are basically useless when a CD is ripped to a computer's hard drive or converted to MP3 and written out as files to a CD. Some software makes it appear the files contain audio as recorded material starts when a .CDA file is clicked on but that's just the software operating and not music in the .CDA file.
Ask him to send you the data as a CD, or have him convert the audio data to some generally recognizable format such as WAV or AIFF.

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