Another EAC Appreciation thread
2006-06-29 08:32:47
I bought a (rare) CD off eBay. Item description says CD in fair condition, which is very vague (cause I checked the sellers other listings and he says that for every CD). I then read the seller's feedback (that buyers left for him/her), which was around 99% positive, and based on that, it seems that the CDs he/she sells are in bad condition...so I took a chance in buying this $2 (+ $2 shipping) CD... Well, based on the physical appearance, lot of scratches, and then there's this one spot where the CD is practically see-through (though very small 'dots'). I instantly thought, crap, I just wasted $4. But I decided to let EAC go to work... First 75% of the CD ripped with no errors and gave me 99%+ qualities. Then it started. Speed dropped to 0.1x and EAC was having trouble reading the CD. I started it late last night (about 2 in the morning) and was about to go to sleep, so I just let it run overnight. I got up @ about 3:30 and it was still running! So I woke up today, check the log file, and see all these suspicious positions and decided to audition these suspicious positions, eagerly waiting to hear how messed up the rip sounds. Needless to say, the CD sounded PERFECT! I checked every single suspicious position and did not hear anything abnormal. The parts of the CD that were transparent, I know EAC couldn't have extracted data from it (as that would be magic), but I guess these spots were small enough so that I could not tell (as I have 'fill missing samples with silence'). This is a rap CD (stop laughing), so I really don't care if there's rip errors and none are discernable by my ear. Just thought I'd show some EAC love Check the log below. Notice that track 15 has a suspicious position spanning 0:00 to 1:41. Guess how long the track is??? 1:42! Track sounds perfect!EAC extraction logfile from 29. June 2006, 1:41 for CD Chilldrin of Da Ghetto / Chilldrin of Da Ghetto Used drive : SONY CDRWDVD CRX310EE Adapter: 0 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure with C2, accurate stream, disable cache Combined read/write offset correction : 0 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Used output format : E:\Program Files\vorbis-tools\oggenc.exe (User Defined Encoder) 160 kBit/s Additional command line options : %l-q 5.00%l %h-q 10.00%h -d "%y" -N "%n" -t "%t" -l "%g" -a "%a" -G "%m" -o %d %s Other options : Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Track 1 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\01-Intro.wav Peak level 99.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 0437DB5C Copy OK Track 2 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\02-Intention to Kill.wav Peak level 99.1 % Track quality 99.9 % Copy CRC FC44FD7B Copy OK Track 3 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\03-Wild Side.wav Peak level 99.1 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 959A733A Copy OK Track 4 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\04-Luv at First Sight.wav Peak level 99.1 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 2C6AFC9C Copy OK Track 5 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\05-Better Days.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC D3EA3883 Copy OK Track 6 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\06-It's Time to Roll.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC D59D161C Copy OK Track 7 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\07-Drug Lord.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 99.8 % Copy CRC C5E6E642 Copy OK Track 8 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\08-Celebration.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 53B5A513 Copy OK Track 9 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\09-Party.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 99.8 % Copy CRC 18391678 Copy OK Track 10 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\10-Across the Street.wav Suspicious position 0:03:04 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 98.6 % Copy CRC 9C529ACC Copy finished Track 11 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\11-Choke On.wav Suspicious position 0:00:06 Suspicious position 0:04:07 Suspicious position 0:04:34 - 0:04:35 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 97.2 % Copy CRC EDCB97E0 Copy finished Track 12 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\12-Lonely.wav Suspicious position 0:00:00 Suspicious position 0:00:02 Suspicious position 0:00:07 - 0:00:11 Suspicious position 0:00:15 Suspicious position 0:00:18 Suspicious position 0:00:21 Suspicious position 0:00:28 Suspicious position 0:00:32 Suspicious position 0:00:34 - 0:00:37 Suspicious position 0:00:39 - 0:00:40 Suspicious position 0:00:43 - 0:00:44 Suspicious position 0:00:48 Suspicious position 0:01:02 - 0:01:06 Suspicious position 0:01:12 - 0:01:13 Suspicious position 0:01:20 - 0:01:21 Suspicious position 0:01:23 - 0:01:25 Suspicious position 0:01:27 Suspicious position 0:01:33 Suspicious position 0:01:36 - 0:01:37 Suspicious position 0:01:40 Suspicious position 0:01:44 - 0:01:45 Suspicious position 0:01:48 Suspicious position 0:02:28 Suspicious position 0:02:35 Suspicious position 0:02:41 Suspicious position 0:02:43 Suspicious position 0:02:45 - 0:02:46 Suspicious position 0:02:52 Suspicious position 0:02:54 - 0:02:56 Suspicious position 0:02:58 - 0:02:59 Suspicious position 0:03:05 - 0:03:06 Suspicious position 0:03:10 Suspicious position 0:03:13 - 0:03:14 Suspicious position 0:03:19 Suspicious position 0:03:26 - 0:03:35 Suspicious position 0:03:38 - 0:03:47 Suspicious position 0:03:49 - 0:03:54 Suspicious position 0:03:56 - 0:04:13 Suspicious position 0:04:16 - 0:04:31 Suspicious position 0:04:33 - 0:04:36 Suspicious position 0:04:38 - 0:04:46 Suspicious position 0:04:48 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 92.6 % Copy CRC 48778C51 Copy finished Track 13 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\13-Mistake.wav Suspicious position 0:00:00 Suspicious position 0:00:02 - 0:00:03 Suspicious position 0:00:05 - 0:00:11 Suspicious position 0:00:15 - 0:00:19 Suspicious position 0:00:21 - 0:00:25 Suspicious position 0:00:58 Suspicious position 0:01:08 Suspicious position 0:01:12 - 0:01:14 Suspicious position 0:01:16 - 0:01:18 Suspicious position 0:01:22 - 0:01:23 Suspicious position 0:01:26 - 0:01:28 Suspicious position 0:01:34 Suspicious position 0:01:40 - 0:01:42 Suspicious position 0:01:44 Suspicious position 0:01:50 - 0:01:51 Suspicious position 0:01:53 - 0:02:15 Suspicious position 0:02:20 Suspicious position 0:02:22 Suspicious position 0:02:24 Suspicious position 0:02:31 Suspicious position 0:02:34 Suspicious position 0:02:40 Suspicious position 0:03:00 - 0:03:03 Suspicious position 0:03:05 - 0:03:08 Suspicious position 0:03:10 - 0:03:11 Suspicious position 0:03:13 - 0:03:16 Suspicious position 0:03:19 - 0:03:20 Suspicious position 0:03:22 Suspicious position 0:03:24 Suspicious position 0:03:26 - 0:03:27 Suspicious position 0:03:29 - 0:03:32 Suspicious position 0:03:36 - 0:03:49 Suspicious position 0:03:51 - 0:04:32 Suspicious position 0:04:34 - 0:04:41 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 91.8 % Copy CRC 2D6BF83D Copy finished Track 14 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\14-Hoo Bangin' C.O.G. Style.wav Suspicious position 0:00:00 - 0:01:18 Suspicious position 0:01:20 - 0:01:30 Suspicious position 0:01:32 - 0:01:51 Suspicious position 0:01:53 - 0:01:59 Suspicious position 0:02:01 - 0:02:02 Suspicious position 0:02:04 - 0:02:10 Suspicious position 0:02:12 - 0:02:19 Suspicious position 0:02:21 - 0:03:26 Suspicious position 0:03:28 - 0:03:53 Suspicious position 0:03:55 - 0:04:35 Suspicious position 0:04:37 Suspicious position 0:04:39 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 89.8 % Copy CRC AF938ED1 Copy finished Track 15 Filename F:\DummyFolder\cogz\15-Outro.wav Suspicious position 0:00:00 - 0:01:41 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 89.3 % Copy CRC 74DA1981 Copy finished There were errors End of status report