The thing that made me 'discover' the solution is that I was reading the box on the Liteon DVD RW drive and saw this:
'SMART-X function adjusts CD-DA / VCD / DVD data extraction to a fastest allowable speed according to both data request rate from host and disk quality' So basically it's saying that it's got built in error correction for iffy discs right? That's what made me try turning off the iTunes error correction and 'hey presto'. I had been concerned that my old drive would just hammer along and produce poor imports but no, it adjusts for bad discs too, sometimes slowing to a fraction of normal playing speed with very bad discs. I've not run a test program but I have done listening tests on imports of a very scratched discs (my wife's not mine I hasten to add) both with and without the iTunes correction and they both seems perfect. It's worth pointing out that this is very impressive considering that trying to play the discs in question on a normal CD player is a pointless exercise, they sound awful and jump constantly. That said, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise, at the end of the day, it's all just digital data and PC drives have to retrieve this stuff accurately or programs or games would work because of corrupted files. If a CD play has problems, the worst we hear is a dropout, click or a jump. -- hifisteve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22679 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
