bukharin;207290 Wrote: 
> I'd be interested in how you're checking the md5 checksums. For example,
> are you comparing WAV files, or FLACs? And how did you generate the
> files to compare - by ripping successfully with rubyripper on more than
> one occasion (therefore ripping the track at least 4 times), or by
> looking at rubyripper's temporary files? Finally, what program did you
> use to generate the md5?
> 
> The reason that I'm asking is that having different md5 checksums for 2
> files does NOT necessarily mean any difference in the actual sound
> encoded... As far as I know from some brief reading, you can check an
> md5 of the actual music with this command:
> metaflac --show-md5sum filename.flac

I'm going with what Rubyripper reports in its logs.  It lists an MD5
checksum for each track in the log.  They didn't match rip-to-rip.

OK, what I was seeing was ripped on two different drives as I was
testing whether both of my drives worked now.  That still shouldn't
have made a difference.


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