Unable to rip securely

[Rankinnz]

Hi

I have the latest version of CD Ripper (14.3 Reference). I'm not too sure what has changed, but I had followed all the setting recommended for secure ripping, setting C2 pointers etc. I have previously ripped many CDs before I now hit the same error every time

"Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 1' to 'C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\01 Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere in Summertime.flac'
Track 1: ERROR Ripping LBA 0 to 20835 (4:37) in 0:33. Filename: C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\01 Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere in Summertime.flac
Unable to read CD, check CD disc (frame LBA 0 ripping 26 frames track end LBA 20835)

Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 2' to 'C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\02 Simple Minds - Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel.flac'
Track 2: ERROR Ripping LBA 20835 to 38084 (3:49) in 0:31. Filename: C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\02 Simple Minds - Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel.flac
Unable to read CD, check CD disc (frame LBA 20835 ripping 26 frames track end LBA 38084)"

Same error every time with a variety of CDs - I can rip the CD if I use burst mode, but I want the best quality rips I can get. I use an Imac for this process.

As as test I then setup the same configuration on my Macbook Pro and similarly cannot rip any tracks (I have tried a few different CDs). This one gives the same error every time but with a variable re the number of frames that need to be re-ripped.

"Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 1' to 'C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\01 Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere in Summertime.flac'
** Aborted: Have to ReRip 4169 Frames, Re-Rip Limit Set to 100 Frames
Track 1: Ripped LBA 0 to 20835 (4:37) in 1:37. Filename: C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\01 Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere in Summertime.flac
Insecure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1, Re-Rip 4169 Frames]
Insecure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1, Re-Rip 4169 Frames]
** Aborted: Have to ReRip 4169 Frames, Re-Rip Limit Set to 100 Frames

Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 3' to 'C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\03 Simple Minds - Promised You a Miracle.flac'
Track 3: Ripped LBA 38084 to 58162 (4:27) in 0:08. Filename: C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\03 Simple Minds - Promised You a Miracle.flac
[Pass 1]
CRC32: 4E1BCFA9 AccurateRip CRC: 00000000 [DiscID: 009-000eaf74-006d53ce-8f0acf09-3]

Information ripping to FLAC, 'Track 2' to 'C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\02 Simple Minds - Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel.flac'
** Aborted: Have to ReRip 3467 Frames, Re-Rip Limit Set to 100 Frames
Track 2: Ripped LBA 20835 to 38084 (3:49) in 1:12. Filename: C:\Ripped Music\Simple Minds\New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)\02 Simple Minds - Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel.flac
Insecure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1, Re-Rip 3467 Frames]
Insecure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1, Re-Rip 3467 Frames]
** Aborted: Have to ReRip 3467 Frames, Re-Rip Limit Set to 100 Frames"

I'm at a bit of a loss - can anyone help?

[Spoon]

Re: Unable to rip securely

The simple minds disc looks damaged (the 2nd machine shows it has lots of bad frames).

The first machine...try disabling c2 pointers.

[Rankinnz]

Re: Unable to rip securely

Wow, thanks for the prompt response. Tried the same Simple Minds disk in the Imac with C2 pointers switched off; all tracks ripped okay except 4 and 5 which had re-rip errors. I'll try a few more disks and see what happens. Do I lose much by not having C2 pointers switched on?

[Spoon]

Re: Unable to rip securely

Not if AccurateRip is able to verify the rip.

[buggZ]

Re: Unable to rip securely

So basically we need to disregard the note saying to use C2 pointers even if our drives are capable? I was having the same problem, ripping brand spanking new fresh out the shrink wrap cds, not new release cds, newly purchased older releases, until I disabled the C2 pointers.

[eaglescout1998]

Re: Unable to rip securely

There are some drives that report false positives. I have an LG Blu-Ray burner that will not rip some discs until I disable C2.

[buggZ]

Re: Unable to rip securely

I figured as much, My drive won't read any disc correctly after I enable c2 pointers, whereas when they're disabled it works fine. I'm wondering now, if maybe the C2 pointers change the reads somehow, compared to the rips currently in the AR database. I've been testing different scenarios with a new Eminem Relapse CD since it has alot of information in the database.

[pablogm123]

Re: Unable to rip securely

Renesas based drives (+667 in Accuraterip) in SATA format (PATA drives used to work finely) has problems with C2 pointers, they works OK only using single sector transfers, not burst of sectors transfers (dBpoweramp and many other apps rips in bursts). On the other hand, NEC (+48) and Mediatek (+6) based SATA drives works perfectly with C2 pointers enabled.