cliveb;150966 Wrote: > You're misinterpreting what's going on here. Yes, ripping software can > re-read in an attempt to get clean data after an uncorrectable error. > However, the 0.1x rates you have seen refer to the average read speed > over the track (or disc) compared to realtime. When the software > re-reads the faulty sector, it is still constrained by the capabilities > of the hardware CD drive, and in fact many modern CD and DVD ROM drives > have a minimum read speed higher than 1x. A minimum speed of 4x is not > unusual. So in fact what's going on is the ripping software is reading > the failed block over & over again, but still at fairly high speed. True, a bit of over-simplification on my part. But seeing the average read rate of a track drop below 1.0 implies that a cd player would not be able to read this disc without the error correction kicking in (yes, I know this is depending on the drives as well). cliveb;150966 Wrote: > In most cases, there are no uncorrectable errors on the disc, and you > get the same data whether you rip or record the SPDIF. And in that > case, ripping is obviously more convenient.True.
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