[mh1c]

I have the “Thriller” album on a 1982 cd. Looks new but won’t rip at all. It says made in Japan and has a label saying “now made in the US”. EAC identifies it but then says it can’t read it. Never this happen before. Any thoughts?

 

[miserybeforethemusic]

I've gone through 800 or so discs, sometimes multiple times, and sometimes some discs don't rip on some drives. It's weird, but it happens.

What software are you using to rip?

 

[mh1c]

I've gone through 800 or so discs, sometimes multiple times, and sometimes some discs don't rip on some drives. It's weird, but it happens.

What software are you using to rip?

Exact audio copy sees it, but finds a lot of errors and stops.

Sony Media center sees it, tries to read but doesn’t.

CD player plays it, good sound, but it’s a bit noisy, the disk is spinning but makes some noise.

 

[miserybeforethemusic]

Exact audio copy sees it, but finds a lot of errors and stops.

Sony Media center sees it, tries to read but doesn’t.

CD player plays it, good sound, but it’s a bit noisy, the disk is spinning but makes some noise.

Sounds like your offset might need to be adjusted, especially because it's a foreign release. Don't remember how to access that in EAC, though. I've been on dbpoweramp for years.

 

[mh1c]

Sounds like your offset might need to be adjusted, especially because it's a foreign release. Don't remember how to access that in EAC, though. I've been on dbpoweramp for years.

I’m not sure where it’s made, kinda confusing.

 

[miserybeforethemusic]

I’m not sure where it’s made, kinda confusing.

Variant-chasing with CDs is a pretty infuriating process. I have 3 separate variants (each) of 3 different Tool albums. I didn't intend to buy 3 of them, but the first two sets were causing for weird rips. It was a similar situation as yours, too, except each disc produced a whole mess of errors on one of the last two tracks. Had to buy minty-new copies of each to get them through.

Depending on how long the master is on that disc, the offset is really going to matter. Try to see if you have settings for reading into the lead-in as well. If that doesn't work, then my suggestion is to grab one of those $20 Lite-On drives that are apparently some of the bit-perfect-est drives out there (next to Plextor, of course).

 

[mh1c]

I used burst mode in EAC. After about 90 minutes rip is completed, no errors found? Music sounds good. I don’t get it.

 

[miserybeforethemusic]

I used burst mode in EAC. After about 90 minutes rip is completed, no errors found? Music sounds good. I don’t get it.

Did you capture a rip log? As long as the rip is accurate and error-free, I wouldn't dwell on the details. Congrats for getting it to work; looks like the brute-force strategy won in the end.

 

[mh1c]

It did create a log file. It said no errors found and that none of the tracks could be verified as an accurate rip or something. Not at the pc now but can take a picture later if you’d like.

 

[miserybeforethemusic]

It did create a log file. It said no errors found and that none of the tracks could be verified as an accurate rip or something. Not at the pc now but can take a picture later if you’d like.

Nah, probably not necessary. My guess is that Burst mode tends to ignore errors, which is why it ripped successfully. The more important thing is whether the ripped files play and perform up to your standards. If that's the case, I wouldn't worry about the rest.