Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

[pknowq]

I've just tried using dbpowerAmp but don't seem to be having much luck. So far I've tried 5 discs with the following results
disc 1 - all rated 3 or 4 (what does this rating mean?) rips 3/14
disc 2 - all rated 5 star. 3/12 give accurate rip of 8 or 9, rest are inaccurate or errors. I run again and get 5/12
disc 3 - all rated 4 or 5 stars, but nothing rips. Everything Inaccurate.
disc 4 - no tracks are rated, 19/20 are accurate with an 8 or 7. Last track says Error and I can't get it working.

I'm using a new Sony laptop, with a Matshita DVD-Ram UJ-842S, ripping to FLAC, compression level 5. Ticked box to verify written audio.

Please help, thanks

[pknowq]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

finally some luck with disc 5, which is probably one of my oldest and thus, most well-played discs! Tracks have a 3 or 3 1/2 rating, and 8/8 have accurate rip with a 6 or a 7.

Any ideas what I do from here? 1/5 discs is better than nothing, but pretty bad!

[LtData]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

A value for Accuraterip over about 3 or so means your rip is accurate. Accurate with about 1 means either your rip or his rip could have errors.

[Spoon]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

The star ratings have nothing to do with quality of the cd, rather they are a preference you can change (ie audio players will play files with a higher rating more).

[pknowq]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

Thanks for the heads up on the star ratings, I will ignore them in future. However, how do I get better rips? My accurate rips so far are still very disappointing:
Disc 1 - 3 out of 14
Disc 2- 5 out of 12 accurrate
Disc 3- Everything inaccurate - I presume this is due to a different press
Disc 4- 19 of 20 accurate
Disc 5 - All accurrate.

So where do I go from here? How can I troubleshoot the ones showing "error" or "inaccurate". (Disc 1 is a brand new disc) TIA

[LtData]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

If 3 out of 14 are accurate and the CD is new and unscratched, it is probably just a different pressing. If the same is true for 5 (unscratched), then it is probably also a different pressing.

[Spoon]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

Have you enabled the Secure Ripper (Options button)?

[pknowq]

Re: Lots of Errors and Inaccurates - please assit

thanks guys. I enabled the secure ripping and it works perfectly.
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