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Spoon -
I don't know if you track anything related to drive model, firmware and serial # in your accuraterip database(s), but if not I have an idea for extending it/them to track that info that might prove useful in the long run. Create one index based on make_model, one based on make_model+firmware_version and a third index based on make_model+serial_number.
[Or, for privacy reasons, perhaps you store hashes instead, at least when the serial # is involved?]
This would allow for several nice bits of information to be extrapolated out of the database, assuming a large enough sampling to be representative.
1. Is my drive experiencing more failed Accuraterip matches than is typical for the same make/model+firmware version? This could be indicative of a dirty/failing drive or, alternately, of worse than average condition CDs being ripped.
2. Comparing the same make/model with different firmware versions, see if the firmware updates have enhanced or disrupted the ripping accuracy based on the pass/fail statistics.
3. Comparing different make/models, see which ones tend to have higher pass/fail ratios.
etc...
-brendan
I don't know if you track anything related to drive model, firmware and serial # in your accuraterip database(s), but if not I have an idea for extending it/them to track that info that might prove useful in the long run. Create one index based on make_model, one based on make_model+firmware_version and a third index based on make_model+serial_number.
[Or, for privacy reasons, perhaps you store hashes instead, at least when the serial # is involved?]
This would allow for several nice bits of information to be extrapolated out of the database, assuming a large enough sampling to be representative.
1. Is my drive experiencing more failed Accuraterip matches than is typical for the same make/model+firmware version? This could be indicative of a dirty/failing drive or, alternately, of worse than average condition CDs being ripped.
2. Comparing the same make/model with different firmware versions, see if the firmware updates have enhanced or disrupted the ripping accuracy based on the pass/fail statistics.
3. Comparing different make/models, see which ones tend to have higher pass/fail ratios.
etc...
-brendan
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