--- andy b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4. People are naturally supportive of EAC - and who wouldn't be. It > stepped in to take ripping seriously when microsoft and the others > didn't bother. I understand that, but things are different now. I am > still waiting for someone to do an objective analysis of the current > state of play of rippers now that itunes and WMP10 are widely used.
if you really want to know, ask on http://hydrogenaudio.org/ they have quite a few knowledgeable people on that forum that know a lot about the ripping process, which is ridiculously more complicated than it should be due to the CDDA design and sloppy drive manufacturers. around there the tool of choice is EAC and I've never heard of WMP being recommended or even if it can do secure ripping at all. as was mentioned before most drives cache and/or lie about errors and it takes a lot software gymnastics to get around that, and so far EAC is the only program known to do it (and maybe plextools if you have a plextor drive that's supported). but if you don't really want to know and whatever you are doing now sounds fine to you, there's probably no need to change. Josh __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
