Last track extremely slow on HDCD

[jsperko]

The last track on an HDCD is (so far) taking 45 min. to rip and the hard disk light is lit continuously. Could this be a bad track or what other possibility? Thanks.

P.S. Here's the error log:

Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 14' to 'C:\Users\Standard\Documents\FLAC\Mark Knopfler\Golden Heart\14 Mark Knopfler - Are We in Trouble Now.flac'
Track 14: ERROR Ripping LBA 290155 to 316765 (5:54) in 1:23:33. Filename: C:\Users\Standard\Documents\FLAC\Mark Knopfler\Golden Heart\14 Mark Knopfler - Are We in Trouble Now.flac

[Spoon]

Re: Last track extremely slow on HDCD

Most likely a manufacturing defect on the track which is stopping ripping.

[jsperko]

Re: Last track extremely slow on HDCD

Thanks, Mr. Spoon. This looks like a problem on fully-loaded CDs where the last track is on the edge. Cheers.

[ipomea]

Re: Last track extremely slow on HDCD

Laugh if you like, but remember that audiophile hack about darkening the outer circumference of a CD with a green marker? Well, I had one CD whose last track I couldn't rip due to over 2 thousand bad frames on the last track. I darkened the outer circumference with a black Sanford Sharpie pen, and I was able to rip the last track without retried frames. I had ejected and re-inserted the CD several times before trying the pen trick. After darkening, I ejected and re-ripped with the same great results. Note that I expect this would only work for CDs with playing times around 70 minutes. The sad news is I had another CD with a troublesome last track where the pen trick didn't help much, but in some cases it apparently makes a perfect rip possible.