Problems ripping scratched CDs + live CDs

[Eyeball]

Hi, I recently purchased dBpoweramp Reference R14 and have successfully ripped most of my CDs. I am having trouble with several of them however. After ripping and encoding the result shows as 'error' & 'insecure'. Most, but not all of the CDs that I am experiencing problems with are a little scratched. I've tried three different optical drives, with the same result each time. Curiously, iTunes does seem to rip these CDs successfully. What settings should I use to overcome this issue?
The second thing I would like advise on is how to rip live CDs so that you don't get that break between tracks. Again, iTunes seems to handle this but I haven't found a setting that achieves this in dbpoweramp.

Ian

[Spoon]

Re: Problems ripping scratched CDs + live CDs

> live CDs so that you don't get that break between tracks

Every ripper on the planet rips gapless CDs without Gaps, the ripping program would have to insert gaps its self manually to not do so. Perhaps it is the lossy format you are ripping to which inserts the gaps?

If multiple drives and programs cannot rip certain CDs, then that CD is unrippable.