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Wrong CD track lengths reported
I am having a strange problem with one newly purchased CD (Yella Hoose by John McCusker, 2000 release). If I use dMC's Audio CD input, the last two tracks have the wrong length; track 10 is reported as 4:41, while it should be 4:30, and track 11 is reported as 4:49 and it should be 5:00. All other programs that I have correctly report the track lengths (EAC, CDex, Winamp, Media Jukebox, WMP). If I try to retrieve the CD info from freedb, I get a message saying that the CD is not in the database. However, EAC uses exactly the same database, and has no problem with this CD.
To add to the problem, when I play the CD in dAP, track 10 is shown as 3:34! When the time played reaches 3:34, the track changes to track 11 in dAP, but it is really track 10 that keeps playing. Then 55 seconds later, the real track 11 starts. It sounds confusing, but I can't explain it in any other way.
I like to archive my CDs in ape format, and this issue causes a problem. Track 10 in ape format is cut short, while track 11 in ape format consists of the end of track 10 and all of the correct track 11.
It would seem that the problem lies with dMC since all other programs read the track lengths correctly. What is the cause, and more importantly, what is the solution? I prefer to use dAP as much as possible, so I would like to find a solution to this problem.
To add to the problem, when I play the CD in dAP, track 10 is shown as 3:34! When the time played reaches 3:34, the track changes to track 11 in dAP, but it is really track 10 that keeps playing. Then 55 seconds later, the real track 11 starts. It sounds confusing, but I can't explain it in any other way.
I like to archive my CDs in ape format, and this issue causes a problem. Track 10 in ape format is cut short, while track 11 in ape format consists of the end of track 10 and all of the correct track 11.
It would seem that the problem lies with dMC since all other programs read the track lengths correctly. What is the cause, and more importantly, what is the solution? I prefer to use dAP as much as possible, so I would like to find a solution to this problem.
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