I used EAC version 0.95 beta 4 to make 4 CUE sheets from 4 CDs. If I try to play these in Foobar there is no sound, even thought all the tracks display normally. If I try to use a program like EAC or Nero to burn a CD, there is no sound on the CD, even though these programs say the burn process was completed properly. Below is the EAC log file for one of the CD CUE sheets. You can see that the peak level is 0.
Can anyone advise what went wrong? I have done many CUE sheets but not had this problem.
Robert

EAC extraction logfile from 29. March 2008, 0:15 for CD
Various / The Norton Recordings CD 1

Used drive : HL-DT-STCD-ROM GCR-8483B Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Combined read/write offset correction : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface


Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Music\RCM History\History 4 CDs\9th ed Norton Recordings Vol.1\Various - The Norton Recordings CD 1.wav

Peak level 0.0 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy OK

No errors occured

End of status report

So if the peak level is zero, then what happens when you play the ripped file? It should be silent, no? It sounds to me like a ripping error, not a burning problem. [EDITED: It wouldn't be a burning problem, but a ripping error.]

It is unclear if the rip log is from the original CD or from a burned CD.

Is the original rip fine? I.e. can you play the wave file normally or is it silent?

The ripped wave file is silent when played. The file is from the original CD which I do not have now.

I checked the FAQ at www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/support/faq/ (should have checked earlier):

Regarding the peak level, the actual % is not important, although 0 might mean no sound.

"I often get files with a Peak Level below 90%. What is this Peak Level for?
The Peak Level of a song [is] the maximum volume within the song. So 100% will have the maximum volume possible in a file. A file with Peak Level 50% will have only at its loudest point half of the maximum possible volume. So this is no quality information, it is useful for creating a CD mixed of tracks from different CDs and for normalizing."

Regarding the lack of sound from a ripped CD:

"When I extract, the extraction proceed very fast, but when I listen to the resulting files, they are all silent. What did I do wrong?
Sometimes EAC will autodetect a wrong read command. In this case it is possible that only silence is returned. Try to manually select a read command. In the Drive Options, go to Read Commands page and select the Read Command MMC1 manually (or any other that works). Test it with burst mode. If you tested all of them, but none of them worked, try to extract with another program like WinDAC or CDEx. If both also fails, make sure that your drive is capable of extracting digital audio at all."

If this is the cause of the problem with all four CDs, I'll have to try to get the original CDs again and try another read command or rip program.