Last Song Error

[SyberKnight]

hello,

I have a lot of successful rips... until now. I have a cd from 1998 with 13 songs on it. the first 12 rip just fine, but the last one won't. I've tried toggling many of the various settings but it always gets stuck between 25-35% then errors out with this message...

Unable to read CD, check CD disc (frame LBA 300986 ripping 26 frames track end LBA 313693) [Rip] Encoder created an empty file

...any ideas what could be wrong or what settings I should try? I have examined & cleaned the physical cd a few times. there does not appear to be any scratches on it. I also tried just copying the AIF file from the disc (drag'n'drop) in the Finder (macOS 10.15.7). that too doesn't even get half way before stalling the Finder requiring a restart.

thanks for your time.

[Spoon]

>Unable to read CD,

Normally when you read a damaged CD it will always return data, however if the damage is too great then you would get the above error. Bit rot is likely the cause, it would not be visible.

[SyberKnight]

well that's disappointing. thanks for letting me know.