RE: If noise corrupted rips...

Posted by Tony Lauck (A) on June 12, 2016 at 13:03:43

In Reply to: If noise corrupted rips... posted by mlsstl on June 11, 2016 at 17:50:36:

"...during the process of copying a digital file off a CD onto a computer drive, no computer program could ever be installed. The only time you get a bad rip is when the CD is defective or damaged, or the CD drive isn't working correctly. Neither of those situations are due to noise."

This is technically incorrect. Computer files have three levels of Reed Solomon error correction on them when burned to a CD-R. Audio files, such as you rip, have only two layers of RS error correction and are much less reliable. It is quite common for there to be the occasional error on a rip, and multiple errors if the disk is damaged in some way. Usually, good ripping software, such as DBPoweramp, correct these errors, but sometimes (a few percent of disks) this proves impossible.

If I were to rip more than a few dozen CDs, I would not use a laptop CD drive, because these are expensive to replace. I would use an internal drive with a tower machine or an external USB drive. (If you are not comfortable working with the internals of a PC, then go with an external drive.) On my Acer tower, swapping the CD drive took less then 10 minutes and required no tools. I had to do this, because the old drive failed after doing many rips.

Tony Lauck

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Topic - Dedicated CD ripper - kenzo 23:46:27 06/10/16 (25)

RE: Dedicated CD ripper-my experience - kenzo 00:31:54 06/16/16 (0)

RE: Dedicated CD ripper - John Elison 16:46:10 06/11/16 (4)

RE: Dedicated CD ripper - kenzo 11:45:33 06/12/16 (3)

RE: Dedicated CD ripper - AbeCollins 08:52:36 06/13/16 (0)

RE: Dedicated CD ripper - John Elison 14:06:32 06/12/16 (0)

I won't speak for John, but - E-Stat 12:08:22 06/12/16 (0)

Wouldn't a laptop CD do the same thing.... - AbeCollins 07:12:56 06/11/16 (14)

RE: Wouldn't a laptop CD do the same thing.... - Jeff Starr 10:42:52 06/11/16 (5)

I hear ya, but - E-Stat 06:45:24 06/12/16 (4)

RE: I hear ya, but - Jeff Starr 09:21:12 06/12/16 (3)

Perhaps - E-Stat 10:01:38 06/12/16 (2)

RE: Perhaps - Jeff Starr 13:45:38 06/12/16 (1)

Gotcha - E-Stat 13:55:31 06/12/16 (0)

Some might be concerned with the cacaphony of noise - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 07:27:48 06/11/16 (7)

If noise corrupted rips... - mlsstl 17:50:36 06/11/16 (3)

RE: If noise corrupted rips... - Tony Lauck 06/12/1613:03:43 06/12/16 (1)

RE: If noise corrupted rips... - mlsstl 14:23:23 06/12/16 (0)

That's been my experience - E-Stat 06:12:44 06/12/16 (0)

Ah! The mysticism is strong on this site! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:56:36 06/11/16 (1)

True, lots of mysticism and speculation in this hobby in general - AbeCollins 14:00:17 06/11/16 (0)

Cacaphony of noise? - AbeCollins 07:54:01 06/11/16 (0)

That could be interesting, but did they ship it to you? - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 07:12:43 06/11/16 (3)

RE: That could be interesting, but did they ship it to you? - kenzo 12:19:00 06/11/16 (0)

Now I see AMAZON US has it, too - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 07:26:48 06/11/16 (1)

RE: Now I see AMAZON US has it, too - AbeCollins 08:03:07 06/11/16 (0)

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RE: If noise corrupted rips... - Tony Lauck 06/12/1613:03:43 06/12/16 (1)

RE: If noise corrupted rips... - mlsstl 14:23:23 06/12/16 (0)

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