If EAC has problems reading a disc, it will drastically slow down its ripping speed whilst it takes time re-reading bits in order to try and get them without errors. This often occurs and EAC often manages to rip the disc perfectly by the time it's finished. Some discs are read easily, so don't require as much rereading and so finish much quicker. Either way, the end result is the same. Unless EAC tells you that errors occured (using an obvious phrase along the lines of "there were errors") you don't need to worry. The problems come when a disc is damaged to the point where EAC simply can't read bits of it. In this case EAC will tell you that it had problems and tell you exactly what positions of the track you need to check by listening to the rip. Often, you'll check them and find that they sound fine anyway - they won't be "perfect" copies of your original disc, but they'll do just fine.
One good tip if you notice that a rip is going really slowly is to stop it, clean the disc (using a proper lense cloth, with strokes starting from the centre of the disc and moving out towards the edge) and try again. I often find that the rip then goes much quicker. Max gdg Wrote: > I noticed that, on one of my best recordings (Rarum: Pat Metheny > Selections), EAC took a long time to rip. Also EAC reported relatively > low " peak levels". Here's an example: > Track 9 > Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Gerry\Desktop\ripped music\Pat > Metheny\Selected Recordings\09 - Lonely Woman .wav > > Peak level 72.5 % > Track quality 100.0 % > Copy CRC 51288423 > Copy OK > > What does this mean? -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
