I wouldn't think these problems would be caused by offset. They are at most on the order of milliseconds and would not cause read or synch errors. All that it means is that the data stops before the optical pickup expects it to. It would not affect a whole track.
Instead I'd look into a mechanical/physical reason. If you've seen the Mythbusters "exploding CD" episode you'll see that a disc warps more severely at the outer edge. If your CD drive was not properly holding the CD down firmly enough, the outer edge would wobble enough that the optical pickup wouldn't work properly. I've had this thing happen to one of my CDs that I believe is out-of-balance - I simply can't rip the last half of the second last track or the entire last track. The CD is flawless, no scratches, so that doesn't explain it. I also have problems playing this CD in a regular player. I have seen players that hold on to the CD so poorly that the CD actually touches the tray on playback. This usually leaves circular scratches that make ripping impossible. Do you have another drive you could test? -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22494 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
