Jitter Correction

[choolan]

What exactly does jitter correction do, and are there really any drawbacks to turning it off? I noticed that when I click the box in the power pack options for "No Jitter Correction," it basically cuts my ripping speed in half. So, I was just wondering what exactly jitter correction does, and what are the drawbacks to turning it off? Thanks a lot, in advance.

[Spoons]

Re: Jitter Correction

here is some good reading info on it. http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~mp3worksho...al/jitter.html

[choolan]

Re: Jitter Correction

Yeah, that is a pretty good read, however, I'm still a little confused. My old CD burner's mp3 ripping speeds doesn't get affected when I rip with jitter correction either on or off. However, my new 52x burner/DVD-Rom combo drive's speeds basically get cut in half when I turn jitter correction off. In that article, it says:

"Some CD-ROM drives can do this quite simply with no jitter correction with the aid of built-in hardware but if you don't have one of these you'll know because when you try to extract audio with no jitter correction you'll hear some imperfections in the extracted audio."

Since my burner is brand new (Samsung Combo drive SM-352B), would it probably have that hardware that the article's talking about? Also, why isn't my old 8x burner affected when I turn off jitter correction but my new one is? And just so you know, my old burner basically rips just as fast as my new one does when I rip with no jitter correction on. Thanks, again.

[Spoon]

Re: Jitter Correction

You are best with the 'Rip to Ram' option, but if you can by all means switch off the Jitter Correction, modern drives should be AccurateStream so it is not required.