Ripping CD issue on EAC software

Posted by: marcobb on 11 May 2011

Dear all,

Any different sound quality as below ripping result on EAC software?

Ripping Speed / Track Quality

4.0x 100%

48x 100%

Thanks a lot,

marcobb

Posted on: 12 May 2011 by pcstockton

you tell us.

Posted on: 12 May 2011 by marcobb

Originally Posted by pcstockton:

you tell us.

Because i am planning to rip my CD, then i would like to ask every brother for the result.

hope can help.....THANKS!!!

Posted on: 12 May 2011 by Stoik

Accuraterip should adjust automaticly the ripping speed accordingly to the quality of the CD data retrieval it picks up. So if it achieves to do it at 48x read speed, this means the CD was quite easy to read accurately. On the other hand, reading it at an average 4X may indicate it encoutered some challenges at doing it.

Soundwise, it should be the same if the process ended as certified "accurate".

Bye.

Posted on: 12 May 2011 by Peter_RN

None at all. I suspect that it will only rip as fast as it is able to read the data satisfactorily, regardless of the speed you choose.

The main thing is to take the time to set-up the program properly before you start ripping; this includes the use of Accuraterip to help verify your rips.

Good luck

Peter

Posted on: 12 May 2011 by marcobb

Thanks all bros !!!!

Posted on: 13 May 2011 by Simon-in-Suffolk

Marcobb, no difference at all, if your CDROM detects errors it can't recover from it will slow the CD ROM. Also you find for given rotation speed, the data rate at the start of a CD is slower than at the end of the disc. (discs play from the centre out)

Simon

Posted on: 14 May 2011 by Bosh

Whilst on the subject can anyone explain (in simpleton terms) why the FLAC sample rate varies so widely? Using EAC I have seen values from 500 - 1500

Posted on: 14 May 2011 by Aleg

Originally Posted by Bosh:

Whilst on the subject can anyone explain (in simpleton terms) why the FLAC sample rate varies so widely? Using EAC I have seen values from 500 - 1500

Hi Bosh

It is not the sample rate that varies but the bit rate. The bit rate is dependant on the level of compression that the flac encoder can achieve. It is a measure of how many bits are required to store all the information the encoder needs to store.

The sample rate is the frequency with which the original analogue signal is sampled into a digital signal.

From the FLAC faq:

"the resulting bitrate is roughly proportional to the amount of information in the original signal. You cannot control the bitrate much and the result can be from around 100% of the input rate (if you are encoding noise), down to almost 0 (encoding silence)."