Originally Posted by
garym
CD players often have built in error "interpolation" routines that essentially skip over errors, often without the listener noticing. But in ripping CDs with a secure ripper like dbpa, such errors are not ignored, and frames are re-read to try to get a bit perfect rip.
I've ripped about 5,000 CDs with dbpa, using ultra-secure. Some CDs rip very fast, particularly if there is an AccurateRip match in the database. Others take maybe 5 to 8 minutes. Some with lots of frame re-reads could take 30 minutes (or more). For these more troublesome disks, you can sometimes speed things up by cleaning the CD and/or trying a different optical drive. I have some CDs that get all sorts of errors on one drive but rips easily on a different drive. And these are all cheap, normal drives, mostly salvaged from old computers.
Ultimately, you want bit perfect rips where possible, and taking a little longer to rip may be the price you pay. But you only have to do this once. Good luck.