clumsyoik Wrote: > No it doesn't. A CRC/MD5 or any other checksum will tell you if a single > byte is wrong - but only if you know the correct checksum.
I'm sorry but you fundamentally misunderstand CRC. Please check this link: http://www2.rad.com/networks/1994/err_con/crc.htm > If you are talking about the internal error correction on the CD, you > still don't get to know when it has failed. CDROMs are supposed to tell > you about errors, but they often can't be trusted.> > > > > > > Again, this is totally wrong. With CRC, you know *immediately* if a > > stream you're reading has errors. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. Especially with scratched CDs and old CDROMs. EAC gives different > > > checksums than other programs (including itunes and realplayer). I > > > believe that EAC is more accurate, because the AccurateRip plugin tells > > > me that several other people have the same checksum. > > > > > > > > > > > I think *belief* has a lot to do with things. For me to come and > > suggest that WMP10 with error correction can do a good job > > challenges that belief, hence the grief I'm getting. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the ripping process is much more complicated than you think. It > > > is not as simple as "read the bits several times". When you "read the > > > bits", how do you know which bits they are? It isn't like a hard drive, > > > where you simply say "read the 100th sector"> > > > > > > > I have made no comment on the addressing of CD data. If you want to > > know how ripping software retries after an error, you'll have to do > > some googling. If your contention is that it can't be done, then > > what does EAC do? If your contention is that it is possible, how do > > you know that WMP10 doesn't do it? I'm not sure what your point is. > > All I know is that WMP10 and EAC can both rip bit perfect. -- andy b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andy b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1934 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16867 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
