I normally use plextools to rip and burn my audio cd's but sometimes the need arises to use another program , such as EAC or Feurio, I just wondered if anyone can help me with the correct offset setting for my drive in Feurio ( I have it correctly set in EAC) as i would like to configure it properly if possible.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Full Version: Offsets In Feurio (Plextor 4824TU)
In the "drive information" section of Plextools u can see your drive's read & write offsets,
provided that u have a Plextor drive that is.
Enter these values in EAC, but remember that EAC asks u for read offset correction, and
not read offset. This means that if the read offset of your drive is e.g. +200 bytes = 50 samples,
then the read offset correction is -50 ('cos EAC works with samples, not bytes).
provided that u have a Plextor drive that is.
Enter these values in EAC, but remember that EAC asks u for read offset correction, and
not read offset. This means that if the read offset of your drive is e.g. +200 bytes = 50 samples,
then the read offset correction is -50 ('cos EAC works with samples, not bytes).
Feurio CD-Manager -> Program Parameters-> Special Parameters -> Special Parameters
But it only has sectors accuracy. 1 sector = 588 samples.
I wouldn't bother configuring it.
But it only has sectors accuracy. 1 sector = 588 samples.
I wouldn't bother configuring it.
OK, I already have the offsets in Plextools as the software inputs them automatically for my Plex drive , and using these figures I have done the appropriate calculation for EAC , I was just wondering how I can use this info to calculate the setting for Feurio, however if the opinion seems to be not to bother I wont but i just wanted everything as exact as possible in all my burning applications.
I don't think you can set a write offset in Feurio, so you should enter the combined read/write offset in the setting I've mentioned, I think.
The problem is that you can't enter a number of samples, only sectors.
So, if you had an offset of 650 samples, I'd enter an offset of 1 sector... If it was 1000 samples, I'd enter 2 sectors...
(588 samples=1 sector)
You can't be exact with Feurio.
I say that I don't bother because 1 sector = 13 thousands of a second, which is about the read offset of my Ultraplex. I will never hear that difference.
(And because it's difficult to find out the offsets
)
It really has importance if you make multi generation copies... the error would be accumulated.
The problem is that you can't enter a number of samples, only sectors.
So, if you had an offset of 650 samples, I'd enter an offset of 1 sector... If it was 1000 samples, I'd enter 2 sectors...
(588 samples=1 sector)
You can't be exact with Feurio.
I say that I don't bother because 1 sector = 13 thousands of a second, which is about the read offset of my Ultraplex. I will never hear that difference.
(And because it's difficult to find out the offsets
)It really has importance if you make multi generation copies... the error would be accumulated.
Just to get things straight in my head as I think I have even got myself confused !!!!
Plextools offsets = write offset -120 read offset - 392
So EAC settings should be I think write offset -30 read offset +98
So if this is correct what will be the combined read write offset as i am not clear with the + and - how this is calculated .
Then the next step is how this all equates to the Feurio settings.
Hope somebody can show me the way, as I have read and re read forum posts to try to sove it but keep going round in circles as each person has a way of explaining it but i get myself confused with the + and minus stuff.
Plextools offsets = write offset -120 read offset - 392
So EAC settings should be I think write offset -30 read offset +98
So if this is correct what will be the combined read write offset as i am not clear with the + and - how this is calculated .
Then the next step is how this all equates to the Feurio settings.
Hope somebody can show me the way, as I have read and re read forum posts to try to sove it but keep going round in circles as each person has a way of explaining it but i get myself confused with the + and minus stuff.
I don't know how the offsets work in Plextools (it seems they're measured in bytes)
I don't know what the signs mean, and how to get the combined offset.
If you have the combined offset in EAC, in Feurio will be the same divided by 588.
Of course, you'll get something like 0.2 or 0.1 (depending if you have to add or substract 30 and 98). You can't enter non-integer sectors, so the answer for Feurio will be 0 anyway...
As I said you can't be exact with Feurio.
If the combined offset was nearer to 588 than 0, you would choose 1.
Those offsets are very small (my Ultraplex is near 588 samples), and you won't have problems unless you make copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of... an so on...
I don't know what the signs mean, and how to get the combined offset.
If you have the combined offset in EAC, in Feurio will be the same divided by 588.
Of course, you'll get something like 0.2 or 0.1 (depending if you have to add or substract 30 and 98). You can't enter non-integer sectors, so the answer for Feurio will be 0 anyway...
As I said you can't be exact with Feurio.
If the combined offset was nearer to 588 than 0, you would choose 1.
Those offsets are very small (my Ultraplex is near 588 samples), and you won't have problems unless you make copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of... an so on...
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