Two tracks from a CD not ripping securely

[Okadabucks24]

Hello there everyone,

I'm in the process of archiving a friend's CD collection, and am experiencing issues with a particular disc.

When attempting to rip the CD, tracks 16 and 17 report that the tracks were ripped insecurely. I have tried with C2 error pointers both disabled and enabled. I used the button within settings to detect that C2 error pointers were supported. I also tried using "Defective by Design" mode, as I didn't think it could do any harm. In this mode, both of the problem tracks did rip. However, there were a couple of stutters when playing them back.

I am able to directly copy all files from the CD through Finder, and they play back with no problems when accessed from a folder on my hard drive. However, they obviously don't contain any metadata, and would have to be converted to FLAC format separately.

The disc does seem to be free of physical damage.

I have tried two separate CD drives.

I believe I've correctly followed the setup guide, as well as the additional Help page.

Does anyone have any ideas of anything else I could try?

Cheers.

[Spoon]

What was the confidence (number in brackets) for AccurateRip on the other matching tracks?

[Okadabucks24]

What was the confidence (number in brackets) for AccurateRip on the other matching tracks?

Hi, thanks for your reply.

On all of the Accurate Rip tracks, the confidence was 7. The Insecure tracks also had a number 7.

My latest workaround was to disable C2 error pointers, as I suspect that neither of my drives support it very well. I then enabled the option to interpolate unrecoverable frames. After doing this, one of the tracks was then shown as "Secure" with the green exclamation mark, presumably as frames had to be re-ripped. The other track was still showing as insecure.

I listened to it back, and it seemed to sound okay.

I'm just perplexed that I was able to use standard copy/paste functions within Finder to grab the files directly from the CD, and didn't receive an error.

Cheers.

[GBrown]

I'm just perplexed that I was able to use standard copy/paste functions within Finder to grab the files directly from the CD, and didn't receive an error.

This just means your system was able to copy whatever data it grabbed from those tracks to another drive. There is no verification process here to ensure the data is a match to what other users have ripped using dbpa.

AccurateRip is a comparison tool. It verifies through a quick online check that what you ripped from a CD matches what others have, and provides a confidence based on how many other rips have been reported.

I listened to it back, and it seemed to sound okay.

A few single sample errors from an entire track may be inaudible unless there are multiple back to back.

[Spoon]

Because copy and paste will still have the errors, just not reported as copy and paste are not secure ripping.

It is the same as ripping in burst mode with accurate rip disabled, nothing would be reported.

[Okadabucks24]

Great, thanks for clarifying.

If it is only a few frames missing, and not really audible to me — even as a blind person — then I reckon it's safe to say it will suffice for my friend.

Thanks for the info.