larsbrink;198750 Wrote: > Is that a good idea? I want to check a few of my disks (the ones that > have given me errors) on another drive but in order not to open the > computer and changing the drive there I was wondering if I could use a > drive attached through an external box using an USB cable.
I've used a LiteON USB DVD drive with success. Good speed on most CDs, good C2 error info. It does get slow on disks with errors. If you use a ripper that uses C2 error info to correct on a single pass (dBPowerAmp is one), there can be problems. Some chipsets that implement the USB connection in the drive may not support all the commands needed for collecting C2 error info. Putting a PATA or SATA DVD drive in a generic USB enclosure might not be a good idea. Those chipsets are more more likely to fail to support all the commands needed for retrieving audio info. You are less likely to have problems with a USB DVD drive (purpose-built by the manufacturer.) Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34914 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
