I don't know if I am the only one who has this problem, but I am having ripping issues with EAC. It sounds like a skip when I listen to an MP3 encoded file, but when I tested it, it was th WAV rip, not the encoding. There are so many great encoders out there, but what is the use if your source WAV has a flaw?

Is there a preferred way to rip a WAV so that these flaws are not there? I have currently switched to ripping and encoding with Foobar, but I am sketchy on on-the-fly ripping/encoding.

Has anyone else had these problems with EAC?

What did you have in the Log that EAC created for that disc?

I didn't save the log. Damn.

I guess I should keep using it and saving the logs until I can reproduce the problem again. I always make sure there are no errors or timing problems listed when I am done ripping. If there are issues, I will re-rip those tracks, of course. It is just awful hard to always know because you have to listen very closely to an entire album (likely with headphones) to know for sure that there are no artifacts in the recording.

Let me try that. I wll resurrect this thread if no one else has any input in the meantime to keep it alive.

Thanks dreamliner!

Hey, should I use settings other than Normal (on "Extraction and compression quality") and Medium (on "Error recovery quality")? Or does that just take up higher machine resources?

It could also be a mastering error. I have multiple discs which suffer glitches which were introduced during mastering (possibly due to a glitch in the master CDR) and not ripping.

I did check the sources on these and they were fine. I am not sure how to duplicate this without creating logs for new rips and listening to every one until I hear a problem, then checking the log...

Try Ripping to WAV with EAC first, listen to the WAV's see if they are OK, then convert them to MP3's with EAC (or what you will). You can add ID tags with FooBar later if you want.


Hope this helps


Edit: Sorry, had a good idea but shoot it down myself....hehe

IIRC some audio-cd protections introduce volountarily some fake C2 errors in order to fool the drive (in this case some glitch in the ripped WAV).

First are you using safe mode with EAC?

What drive are you using?

What are your secure settings?

EAC does a very good job of detecting errors using safe mode so you don't need to listen over every track.

For the best possible security use Secure Mode without C2, Test + Copy & use the Accurate Rip database.

But really just secure with no C2 is extremely safe & even if the copy isn't bit-exact you can be very very sure there are no audible errors.

mark the place where you hear glitches in the wave files and try to listen to the tracks on a CD player with headphones. if you find a glitch in both instances then the flaw is the CD. if the CD has little to no scratches then it's a glitch that was created during the mixing or mastering process. also make sure your settings in EAC are correct and make sure nothing else is running in the background when you rip a CD.

I am using secure with C2, so I disabled that for now and I will see if it happens again. Thanks to all for the input. Wish me luck!