Questions re Acurrate Rip

[DHL]

New to DBPA, just started using it.

Re AccurateRip, does it require BOTH the optical drive and the pressing to be matched? Or just one or the other?

If I have no matches for a particular CD in the AR database but I get a Secure rip, is that data sent to the AR data base for future comparisons? If so, if I re-rip the same CD why is my previous rip not in the AR database for comparison?

I also do not see my Plextor PX-870A DVD drive listed in you listings of drives.

[Spoon]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

Once configured the optical drive used does not matter to AccurateRip.

It takes about 1 month for submissions to appear in AccurateRip.

[DHL]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

OK, so after about a month I can re-rip CDs that were "Secure Rip" and they will be AccurateRip because my one previous rip is now in the database?

[Spoon]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

Verifying your own rip with your previous rip is not using AccurateRip as designed, because your drive can give a consistent error, you need a different disc ripped in a different drive to verify.

[DHL]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

If that s true, then why doesn't the database also track the drive? That is kind of why I asked whether the drive is tracked as well. Does the database now if duplicate rips are being submitted from the same source and throw them out?

I think this may be important as many of my rips have had only 1 or 2 prior rips for comparison. Some have had zero. If I re-rip and get an "AR" whereas a month before I only got "secure", this is a bit misleading re the confidence of the rip.

[Spoon]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

The drive is not overly important, it is the disc, AccurateRip detects errors, errors are typically scratches or manufacturing defects, and these are not 100% identical across discs.

[DHL]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

Verifying your own rip with your previous rip is not using AccurateRip as designed, because your drive can give a consistent error, you need a different disc ripped in a different drive to verify.

OK, but if you are not tracking the drive or source, how would you know you are comparing to a different disc? This would not be an issue if every AccurateRip comparison was 10-20 discs. But one or two? In this case the odds are high that you could be making a comparison with the same disc, especially if you rip the same CD on different occasions.

[Spoon]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

We track user submissions to make sure that 1 user can only have 1 entry in the database.

If you rip your own disc, then 1 month later re-rip it and get a match with conf (1) it is likely your own rip you check against.

[DHL]

Re: Questions re Acurrate Rip

We track user submissions to make sure that 1 user can only have 1 entry in the database.

If you rip your own disc, then 1 month later re-rip it and get a match with conf (1) it is likely your own rip you check against.

OK, then for real assurance you have a true AcurrateRip, you need a confirmation of (2) or greater. This covers all possibilities.