CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

[brantome]

Got a freebie CD from a newspaper for which iTunes got the track details but CD ripper didn't - thought it was just that someone had updated the itunes db with info but nobody had yet done that for CD Ripper's sources. However, when I played the CD in the car, I noticed it had CDtext. So, told CD ripper to explicitly try CDtext as a source, but still no luck. Or maybe it's because I had manually given the CD an album title but couldn't be bothered entering the tracks myself?

Anyway, it seems as if some programs can see the CDtext, while others can't. MediaMonkey can't as well, for example, but randomly downloading something called All4CDlabeller does seem to pick them up - as does WMP.

Are there different formats of CDtext that some programs recognise while others don't?

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Do you want to loan this CD to me so I can be checked out?

[eaglescout1998]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

For what it is worth, I too have had some problems with the ripper reading CD Text information.

There is one CD in my collection which, at the time, was not in any of the online databases. The disc did, however, have CD Text. The ripper was able to read this information. However, the ripper was no longer able to read this information after upgrading to a newer version. (I can't remember which one, but I do know it was prior to 13.5.)

[brantome]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Do you want to loan this CD to me so I can be checked out?

Sure - let me know where to send it to and I'll get round to it sometime this week hopefully. It's the "Scottish Artists Festival of Summer Sounds" which came free with the Scotland on Sunday newspaper a few weeks back. Quite a good mix which has already prompted me to go and buy a couple of CDs by the artists on it.

Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Brantome,

Which CD/DVD drive are you using?

[brantome]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530A ATA Device on my Gateway MX8716b laptop

[brantome]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530A ATA Device on my Gateway MX8716b laptop

Drive info as well:

Nero InfoTool 5.3.3.0

Drive Information
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Drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530A
Type : DVD±R/RW DL Recorder
Firmware Version : EX32
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : 30644980 1429674Q111
Vendor Specific : Nov13,2006
Drive Letter : Z:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 24 , 20 , 16 , 11 , 5 X
Write Speed : 24 , 20 , 16 , 10 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : Yes
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read BD-ROM : No
Read BD-R : No
Read BD-RE : No
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-R DL : No
Read HD DVD-RAM : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD DVD-RW DL : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Write DVD-RAM : Yes
Write BD-R : No
Write BD-RE : No
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-R DL : No
Write HD DVD-RAM : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD DVD-RW DL : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : No
Labelflash : No
LightScribe : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 2
Changes User : 3
Changes Vendor : 4

CSS : Yes
CPRM : Yes
AACS : No
VCPS : Yes

[brantome]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Any luck yet with the CD?

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

I have a similar optiarc drive and hope to try next week.

[brantome]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

I have a similar optiarc drive and hope to try next week.

OK, thanks

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

I have sourced a AD-7530A because I could not test on the optiarc I had. Hope to get it soon.

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't read CDTEXT

Here are my findings, got the 7530A, WMP12 would not read CD text from it on Windows 7, but CD Ripper from R14 would. So I went back to my Blu-ray writer on the development machine, this also now reads the CD text where as before I am sure it was not. So either R14 does something different, or more likely it is because in the mean time I have updated the chipset drivers for the laptop, previously it was using the Microsoft generic IDE SATA controller, now it is using the intel drivers.