On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:39:12 -0500 "Eric Shattow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To get a more accurate idea of block errors, use a quality drive like > a Plextor and Robert Fuller's https://gna.org/projects/cued software. > My Plextor 712-SA does the trick. Be aware that the firmware of > Plextor drives does some error correction to achieve the extremely > low jitter. > > HA forums are awash with positive remarks about EAC (Exact Audio Copy > on Windows OS) being the best software, but it's unmaintained and > does not do a very good job of ripping CD audio. > > Also, there is no fully capable software to rip/write CD media on a > modern *nix OS in raw96 mode. Without this mode, you don't have any > way of knowing what errors are actually existent on the media being > produced (or read). Most drives cook the error correction in various > ways when ripping in other modes. The official specifications for CD > media formats are costly and not easy to obtain. > > What kind of deal does your friend get, that is worth all this > trouble? Uh, that app is new to me, up until now I thought that rubyripper is the best choice on linux. I haven't tried this one or rubyripper in a while tough, may both be worth a try. At the HA forums is a lot of talk about EAC, yes, but afaik these days people there tend to use the commercial dbpoweramp. I think that it's considered better than EAC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know of other serious choices for windows. Also, the often used as secure-ripper-on-linux-backend cdparanoia is spoken of nicely. It's news to me that libcdio is capable of bearing better results. I really like to hear more about capable tools for linux. Best Regards, Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
