Skunk Thanks for the advice. I must admit that I didn't/don't really understand these options properly, so let me see if I have this right.
For the C2 error detection, drives which have this feature will accurately report when a read error occurs (prompting EAC to try that bit of data again), whereas on drives without this feature EAC has to read the data twice to check for read errors. I can see how disabling the C2 feature would halve ripping speeds. On the other hand, if I see EAC consistently registering errors on bad discs when the C2 option is enabled, is that not enough to be sure that C2 is working? My drive is an LG 4163B, which appears to genuinely support C2 according to a few reports that Goggle managed to find for me. If that's the case, is there any reason why I should not enable this option? On the contrary, if C2 IS supported, disabling it leaves me just the 'read twice' approach, which could conceivably make the same mistake twice. It seems to me that if C2 IS supported, it makes sense, both from the speed and security points of view, to have it enabled. For the audio data cache, I understand that cacheing the data is bad, because multiple read attempts will simply get the same data from the cache. However, I went through the original setup procedure with EAC, and it told me that my drive does NOT cache the audio data. Is there a chance that this test can report the wrong result? What I can report is that I have a few scratched CDs that consistently have problems getting a good rip with my posted settings, so it seems that the setup can detect at least some genuine problems. Is it safe to assume that it is detecting the majority of errors, or even ALL errors? I've had no luck with AccurateRip, which I believe is because the pressings in the database (US versions) are mostly different to my copies (UK versions). I've therefore been relying on EAC's 'Copy OK' reports. Indeed, my original conversion to EAC was prompted by an unblemished CD which had audible clicks in the rip from another ripping tool, whereas EAC made a perfect sounding copy. -- chill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34156 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
