prevent detection of hidden first track

[Thg6276]

Good day. Please could you explain what is it this option exactly ?
Is it better to check the case or not ?
My drive is a Plextor Premium 2
Thanks

[EliC]

Re: prevent detection of hidden first track

read this:

http://www.daefeatures.co.uk/htoa.php

make a test disc. if your drive can read HTOA, then leave the box unchecked. If your drive cannot read HTOA then check the box.

[Thg6276]

Re: prevent detection of hidden first track

Thank you for your answer. I remember that I've had this kind of cd. I've tried with it. Queens of the Stone Age / Songs for the Deaf. I've ripped it in flac. (00 Hidden First Track (ability to rip depends on CD drive). But I don't know if somebody has tried to rip this one because it is absolutely inaudible. It is not a song but an accumulation of sounds at the beginning and at the end of the track. So I do not really if the rip is correct or not. I've seached with Google but not found a list of cd which have a HTOA.

[EliC]

Re: prevent detection of hidden first track

http://www.hiddensongs.com/

http://www.hiddensongs.com/songs/songsforthedeaf.php

[Porcus]

Re: prevent detection of hidden first track

if your drive can read HTOA, then leave the box unchecked. If your drive cannot read HTOA then check the box.

It does not harm the drive to attempt?

If my main ripping drive could not read HTOA, I would still prefer a silent track zero, just to flag that "if you really care about the HTOA you need to re-rip this CD". Just my preference.