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Rip process - worth making disc image first?

OK, I am relatively new to ripping discs in a sane manner.  Previously, I would find the easiest to use software to pop a disc in the drive and let it do its thing to make lossy tracks.

Now, I am much more worried about quality than I am anything else, b/c in the end, HD space is cheap, and I want to be able to recreate my discs without having to go out and buy them again if I am faced with another house fire as I was a while back.

I'm currently (as we speak) ripping my (moderately scratched) version of The Crystal Method's Tweekend disc.  Now, here is where it gets interesting.

I have Daemon Tools Pro Advanced installed on my system, primarily b/c I bought it when it first became available and the lifetime license price was ridiculously low (actually, I have *2* licenses - the second license was like 8 Euros additional ), and secondarily b/c it has 3 different types of drive emulations built in.  I've got a single physical BD-RW (LG BH10LS30) and also a single emulated drive from DT - a SCSI emulated drive.

I used DT to make an .ISO of Tweekend first, which I then mounted in the DT virtual drive, and let EAC extract and encode.  I verified the log file at http://eachelper.atwebpages.com/Analyze.php and it reported 100% verified, but in scanning the log, I see that the CTDB plugin section of the log shows two files, tracks 9 and 11, with issues compared to the CTDB - which makes sense, when making the ISO there were probably data missing from the scratched sections.

I'm now trying the CD directly, and EAC is indicating that it is going to take (currently) >10 hours  to extract 0_o

So, I remember reading in another thread (and forgive me for not linking to it - but I have read literally hundreds of threads in the last week, for various reason....) that ISO is not a good image to make b/c it is not a 1:1 image of the disc.  I realize that EAC is attempting to accomplish that with native error checking, but I *also* realize that DT is *also* supposed to make 1:1 images of discs (more for the fact that people want to archive game discs in order to preserve the original / make the install process much faster (magnetic is faster than optical, and SSDs are faster than both, so mounting an image in DT on an SSD will fly  through an installation much faster than placing the disc in an optical drive, even modern ones). 

By now my EAC is reporting over 15 hours for this one disc

So, my question is:  provided I can get decent 1:1 images in whichever format I can (I think in DT I have the options to make .ISO, .MDX, or .MDS/.MDF, or an APE audio image), would it be prudent on my part to make images of my remaining discs and then use EAC on the images mounted in DT to save a (potential) boatload of time?

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #1
Here is th actual log from the rip from the DT-mounted image:

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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 15. January 2014, 0:05

The Crystal Method / Tweekend

Used drive  : VUR PEFC5QR  Adapter: 9  ID: 0

Read mode   : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache   : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction   : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out   : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations   : Yes
Used interface   : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format   : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track |  Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1  |  0:00.00 |  6:27.32 | 0 | 29056 
2  |  6:27.32 |  3:54.43 | 29057 | 46649 
3  | 10:22.00 |  6:02.12 | 46650 | 73811 
4  | 16:24.12 |  4:40.13 | 73812 | 94824 
5  | 21:04.25 |  4:15.07 | 94825 |  113956 
6  | 25:19.32 |  5:11.53 | 113957 |  137334 
7  | 30:31.10 |  5:01.32 | 137335 |  159941 
8  | 35:32.42 |  7:00.33 | 159942 |  191474 
9  | 42:33.00 |  6:54.27 | 191475 |  222551 
  10  | 49:27.27 |  7:57.48 | 222552 |  258374 
  11  | 57:25.00 | 11:32.35 | 258375 |  310309 


Track  1

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\01 - PHD.wav

Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 87.4 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 10B44E86
Copy CRC 10B44E86
Copy OK

Track  2

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\02 - Wild, Sweet and Cool.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 83.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DD8B68FD
Copy CRC DD8B68FD
Copy OK

Track  3

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\03 - Roll It Up.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 92.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A88494A2
Copy CRC A88494A2
Copy OK

Track  4

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\04 - Murder.wav

Pre-gap length  0:00:00.57

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 83.6 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 75FDCEFE
Copy CRC 75FDCEFE
Copy OK

Track  5

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\05 - Name of the Game.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 92.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 80A34785
Copy CRC 80A34785
Copy OK

Track  6

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\06 - The Winner.wav

Peak level 98.9 %
Extraction speed 89.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 90236E59
Copy CRC 90236E59
Copy OK

Track  7

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\07 - Ready for Action.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 82.8 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 13B86DCB
Copy CRC 13B86DCB
Copy OK

Track  8

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\08 - Ten Miles Back.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 90.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC E1B7CA42
Copy CRC E1B7CA42
Copy OK

Track  9

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\09 - Over the Line.wav

Pre-gap length  0:00:00.25

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 86.8 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 74F092E5
Copy CRC 74F092E5
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\10 - Blowout.wav

Pre-gap length  0:00:00.37

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 98.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DF3CF951
Copy CRC DF3CF951
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\11 - Tough Guy.wav

Pre-gap length  0:00:00.55

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 99.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9EBFA974
Copy CRC 9EBFA974
Copy OK

No errors occurred

End of status report

---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.4

[CTDB TOCID: 5llJksDqLw3Ti5ghzCYKkmuc6bE-] found
Submit result: unrecognized or virtual drive
Track | CTDB Status
  1  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  2  | (44/59) Accurately ripped
  3  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  4  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  5  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  6  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  7  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  8  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
  9  | (37/59) Differs in 6 samples @00:45:47,00:46:07,04:27:63
 10  | (43/59) Accurately ripped
 11  | (37/59) Differs in 16 samples @11:14:47,11:16:00,11:16:41-11:16:42,11:17:08,11:20:09,11:21:58,11:22:65,11:29:36
If you are sure that your rip contains errors, you can use CUETools to repair it.


==== Log checksum E3F60494208175A9FB4FDC7EA8C217500333DE407F279F15F9F4CA0303C0F107 ====

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Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #2
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  Warnings

    Rip 1
    Read offset for drive VUR PEFC5QR was not found.
    Outdated EAC Version. Upgrade at www.exactaudiocopy.de

info Log Score 100%

    Track summary
        Track 01 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 02 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 03 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 04 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 05 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 06 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 07 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 08 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 09 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 10 - Verified (T+C)
        Track 11 - Verified (T+C)


The Crystal Method / Tweekend

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 15. January 2014, 0:05

The Crystal Method / Tweekend

Used drive  : VUR    PEFC5QR  Adapter: 9  ID: 0

Read mode              : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction                      : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations      : Yes
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track

Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 1024 kBit/s
Quality                        : High
Add ID3 tag                    : No
Command line compressor        : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%


TOC of the extracted CD

    Track |  Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  6:27.32 |        0    |    29056 
        2  |  6:27.32 |  3:54.43 |    29057    |    46649 
        3  | 10:22.00 |  6:02.12 |    46650    |    73811 
        4  | 16:24.12 |  4:40.13 |    73812    |    94824 
        5  | 21:04.25 |  4:15.07 |    94825    |  113956 
        6  | 25:19.32 |  5:11.53 |    113957    |  137334 
        7  | 30:31.10 |  5:01.32 |    137335    |  159941 
        8  | 35:32.42 |  7:00.33 |    159942    |  191474 
        9  | 42:33.00 |  6:54.27 |    191475    |  222551 
      10  | 49:27.27 |  7:57.48 |    222552    |  258374 
      11  | 57:25.00 | 11:32.35 |    258375    |  310309 


Track  1

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\01 - PHD.wav

    Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 87.4 X
    Track quality 99.9 %
    Test CRC 10B44E86
    Copy CRC 10B44E86
    Copy OK

Track  2

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\02 - Wild, Sweet and Cool.wav

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 83.6 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC DD8B68FD
    Copy CRC DD8B68FD
    Copy OK

Track  3

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\03 - Roll It Up.wav

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 92.3 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC A88494A2
    Copy CRC A88494A2
    Copy OK

Track  4

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\04 - Murder.wav

    Pre-gap length  0:00:00.57

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 83.6 X
    Track quality 99.9 %
    Test CRC 75FDCEFE
    Copy CRC 75FDCEFE
    Copy OK

Track  5

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\05 - Name of the Game.wav

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 92.8 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC 80A34785
    Copy CRC 80A34785
    Copy OK

Track  6

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\06 - The Winner.wav

    Peak level 98.9 %
    Extraction speed 89.2 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC 90236E59
    Copy CRC 90236E59
    Copy OK

Track  7

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\07 - Ready for Action.wav

    Peak level 100.0 %
    Extraction speed 82.8 X
    Track quality 99.9 %
    Test CRC 13B86DCB
    Copy CRC 13B86DCB
    Copy OK

Track  8

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\08 - Ten Miles Back.wav

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 90.0 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC E1B7CA42
    Copy CRC E1B7CA42
    Copy OK

Track  9

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\09 - Over the Line.wav

    Pre-gap length  0:00:00.25

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 86.8 X
    Track quality 99.9 %
    Test CRC 74F092E5
    Copy CRC 74F092E5
    Copy OK

Track 10

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\10 - Blowout.wav

    Pre-gap length  0:00:00.37

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 98.4 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC DF3CF951
    Copy CRC DF3CF951
    Copy OK

Track 11

    Filename E:\EAC\The Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) [FLAC]\11 - Tough Guy.wav

    Pre-gap length  0:00:00.55

    Peak level 98.8 %
    Extraction speed 99.0 X
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC 9EBFA974
    Copy CRC 9EBFA974
    Copy OK

No errors occurred

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #3
And here is a bit of shenanigans that the analyzer pulled on me after analyzing the log (I suspect is has to do with the CTDB additions to the log?)

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An unknown error
mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Disk quota exceeded
line=16
An unknown error
chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory
line=17
An unknown error
fopen(Analyze/v95/The Crystal Method - Tweekend(4edeb1fb).log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Disk quota exceeded
line=43
An unknown error
fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
line=44
An unknown error
fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
line=45
An unknown error
mkdir() [function.mkdir]: File exists
line=582
An unknown error
fopen(drive/v/vurpefc5qr) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Disk quota exceeded
line=585
An unknown error
fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
line=586
An unknown error
fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
line=587

 

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #4
By ripping from a disc image, EAC will be the same as any unsecure ripper (such as iTunes), only by reading the physical disc can EAC retry to detect and possibly fix errors.

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #5
only by reading the physical disc can EAC retry to detect and possibly fix errors.

I assume you mean for this specific case.  Otherwise, let's not forget that EAC can use the CTDB plugin which can detect errors from a mounted image against the database and possibly fix them.

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #6
I was afraid of that.  Some of my more scratched discs will simply not be worth taking the time to rip then, unless I purchase new ones.

*sigh*

One thing to note-  I was mistaken - I did not rip to ISO, I ripped to MDS/MDF.

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #7
It doesn't really matter which image format you ripped it to, because it's a one-try readout vs. a secure ripper reading multiple time and taking the result that wins the majority vote. As for scratched CDs, there used to be repairing kits (sandpaper+polishing paste), that did wonders to several of my scratched CDs. Though beware of those cheap hand-driven all-in-one polishing devices, I lost a CD to one of them - it just scratched the whole CD instead of polishing it as advertised.

If that's too much effort for you, then buying another one should be a better solution.

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #8
only by reading the physical disc can EAC retry to detect and possibly fix errors.

I assume you mean for this specific case.  Otherwise, let's not forget that EAC can use the CTDB plugin which can detect errors from a mounted image against the database and possibly fix them.

That sounds interesting.  I need to look into this a bit more....

It doesn't really matter which image format you ripped it to, because it's a one-try readout vs. a secure ripper reading multiple time and taking the result that wins the majority vote. As for scratched CDs, there used to be repairing kits (sandpaper+polishing paste), that did wonders to several of my scratched CDs. Though beware of those cheap hand-driven all-in-one polishing devices, I lost a CD to one of them - it just scratched the whole CD instead of polishing it as advertised.

If that's too much effort for you, then buying another one should be a better solution.

If only money grew on trees for me....

Rip process - worth making disc image first?

Reply #9
If you can't hear a flaw when listening to the tracks that don't match the online database, does it really matter?