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Two questions, but related...
1) I ripped a CDR of Springsteen's Greatest Hits via dMC, with Secure 3/6/2 options etc. There is obvious distortion at the end of one song, yet the rip was listed as secure with no re-rips or problems. The CDR was originally made on a consumer-electronics CD recorder that I no longer own, but that unit had numerous problems with CDRs becoming distorted 2-3-4 years after being burnt, so I'm not surprised at the distortion. Since the CD was not listed as being in AccurateRip, then really there's absolutely no way that dMC would have caught this, right? I mean, if the disc is not scratched & ripped OK, then dMC would have no idea that is was distorted, right?
2) Which brings me to question #2...Spoon -- can you take a paragraph or two and explain exactly how often the AccurateRip database is updated with results of new rips? I'm finding it increasingly frustrating that a CD I ripped 30 or more days ago in drive #1 of my computer is still not listed as being in AccurateRip >30 days later when I attempt to rip it again with drive #2 of my computer (a completely different model of drive), or with the drive in my laptop. It would seem to be important to the success of dMC & AccurateRip that these new rips (thousands & thousands from all over the world, right?) be added to the AR database in a timely fashion. Que pasa?
Obviously, if the Springsteen CD was in AR (and I can't believe it's not, being a mainstream USA release of his best-selling album), well, anyway...then I would have known from the get-go that it was incorrectly distorted. As it is now, I'm increasingly pessimistic that my "successful" rips with dMC (when CD's not in AR) are actually successful.
Thoughts?
Thanks, John
Two questions, but related...
1) I ripped a CDR of Springsteen's Greatest Hits via dMC, with Secure 3/6/2 options etc. There is obvious distortion at the end of one song, yet the rip was listed as secure with no re-rips or problems. The CDR was originally made on a consumer-electronics CD recorder that I no longer own, but that unit had numerous problems with CDRs becoming distorted 2-3-4 years after being burnt, so I'm not surprised at the distortion. Since the CD was not listed as being in AccurateRip, then really there's absolutely no way that dMC would have caught this, right? I mean, if the disc is not scratched & ripped OK, then dMC would have no idea that is was distorted, right?
2) Which brings me to question #2...Spoon -- can you take a paragraph or two and explain exactly how often the AccurateRip database is updated with results of new rips? I'm finding it increasingly frustrating that a CD I ripped 30 or more days ago in drive #1 of my computer is still not listed as being in AccurateRip >30 days later when I attempt to rip it again with drive #2 of my computer (a completely different model of drive), or with the drive in my laptop. It would seem to be important to the success of dMC & AccurateRip that these new rips (thousands & thousands from all over the world, right?) be added to the AR database in a timely fashion. Que pasa?
Obviously, if the Springsteen CD was in AR (and I can't believe it's not, being a mainstream USA release of his best-selling album), well, anyway...then I would have known from the get-go that it was incorrectly distorted. As it is now, I'm increasingly pessimistic that my "successful" rips with dMC (when CD's not in AR) are actually successful.
Thoughts?
Thanks, John
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