Checking for CD ripping errors?

Dec 16, 2016 at 8:15 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 14
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Can someone help me with this problem? I ripped a whole bunch of CDs using Itunes and just noticed that some of the resulting MP3s were only partially copied or skip during playback. Is there some utility that will allow me to easily compare the track information from all the albums in my Itunes library to the original CDs (or some online database) so I can see which tracks are different lengths or missing entirely? At this point, all I can do is insert the CDs and then look at the album folders and compare them myself, but that's way too time consuming. I was just hoping there was either a function in Itunes that will do this or some other program I can use. One thing also is that I've noticed that a lot of the tracks differ by just 1 second which I think is normal and not a problem. But others are different by 10 seconds or more because there was some kind of error with the disc. Those are the problems I'm concerned about.
 
I'm also looking for some Itunes function or other program that can check to see if the MP3s will skip during playback instead of having to listen to each individual track all the way through which would take forever. I didn't use "error correction" when ripping the CDs and I don't wanna have to do them all over again using it (which apparently makes ripping take longer as well). Any ideas on how to deal with this? I'm using Windows 7. Thanks.

 
Dec 16, 2016 at 10:00 PM Post #2 of 14
Look up EAC,or Exact Audio Copy...free software.Notsure if it supports ALAC or not but it will rip into 320mp3 if thats what youre wanting.

At the end of each Cd it tells you on a scale of 1-10 how good it feels the rip was....
 
Dec 16, 2016 at 10:18 PM Post #3 of 14
Thanks. Will this program allow me to check MP3s I've already created with Itunes and check for errors against the CDs or will I have to start from the beginning and rip them all over again using the program? I'd really rather not have to do that.
 
Dec 16, 2016 at 10:34 PM Post #4 of 14
cake247 said:
  Thanks. Will this program allow me to check MP3s I've already created with Itunes and check for errors against the CDs or will I have to start from the beginning and rip them all over again using the program? I'd really rather not have to do that.
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yeah man,I dont blame you,but im not sure you have much of a choice. 
I ripped about 400GBs of music,one CD at a time...I feel your pain.
 
Dec 16, 2016 at 10:48 PM Post #5 of 14
Bummer! Thanks for the help, though. Such a program really should exist, don't you think? There must be one you can use to at least ID missing tracks and compare the lengths of the MP3s to the tracks on the CDs.
 
Dec 16, 2016 at 11:04 PM Post #6 of 14
cake247 said:
  Bummer! Thanks for the help, though. Such a program really should exist, don't you think? There must be one you can use to at least ID missing tracks and compare the lengths of the MP3s to the tracks on the CDs.
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Im not saying such a program doesnt exist,but I personally dont know of one.I do know I had better success with it than Itunes.

But I mean at the end of the day,what difference does it really make? If your CD is flawed its gonna give a broken file each and every time anyways....its not like theres a program that can oversample to fix defective discs and say "okay track 5 is broken,go back and rip again,it will work this time"
So I would just rip away and delete broken files as you hear them.

What it does do however is if its a broken file it cant decode it into FLAC(dunno about mp3)and will just leave you with the .wav file...thats a good indication that that particular file is probably (not always) corrupt...but again its gonna require you to start all over re-ripping.

 
 
Dec 17, 2016 at 4:08 PM Post #10 of 14
Thanks for the info, monsterzero. It looks like PerfectTunes might be what I'm looking for. I'll let you know how it works out. I think part of the issue is damaged CDs and another part is a sketchy disc drive. Can't do anything about the damaged discs, of course. Just wanna know which tracks are screwed up so I can at least try them with another disc drive. I'll be using Exact Audio Copy to rip from now on for sure, though. Thanks for the recommendation.
 
Dec 17, 2016 at 4:13 PM Post #11 of 14
cake247 said:
  Thank you, Music Alchemist. From the description, it looks like PerfectTunes might do the trick.
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A few other recommendations:
 
Rip your CDs with programs that have good error correction, such as dBpoweramp and Exact Audio Copy. Even if your discs are damaged, in many cases they can still rip them perfectly. I keep both of those programs installed because they have different error correction. I prefer dBpoweramp due to its features, interface, speed of ripping, and so on. Plus it's a software suite that does many other things.
 
Rip to lossless (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, etc.) and keep those files archived. If you need smaller files on devices with less space, you can convert those lossless files to lossy (MP3, AAC, etc.) at any time.
 
Dec 17, 2016 at 5:29 PM Post #12 of 14
music alchemist said:
   
A few other recommendations:
 
Rip your CDs with programs that have good error correction, such as dBpoweramp and Exact Audio Copy. Even if your discs are damaged, in many cases they can still rip them perfectly. I keep both of those programs installed because they have different error correction. I prefer dBpoweramp due to its features, interface, speed of ripping, and so on. Plus it's a software suite that does many other things.
 
Rip to lossless (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, etc.) and keep those files archived. If you need smaller files on devices with less space, you can convert those lossless files to lossy (MP3, AAC, etc.) at any time.
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OK, I'll take your advice. Thanks. I just tried PerfectTunes and it did identify one corrupted track which was helpful. But I guess it doesn't work for comparing the track lengths between the MP3s and CDs. If there were a program that did that, I'm sure lots of differences would be detected as I've noticed many or even most of them differ by 1 second, but that appears to be normal. I'm concerned about tracks that were only partially ripped without my knowledge. Still looking for something like that. Maybe some file comparison program that will allow comparison with an inserted CD? If anyone knows of something like that, please tell me. I'll try to see what I can find.
 
Dec 18, 2016 at 1:41 PM Post #13 of 14
cake247 said:
  OK, I'll take your advice. Thanks. I just tried PerfectTunes and it did identify one corrupted track which was helpful. But I guess it doesn't work for comparing the track lengths between the MP3s and CDs. If there were a program that did that, I'm sure lots of differences would be detected as I've noticed many or even most of them differ by 1 second, but that appears to be normal. I'm concerned about tracks that were only partially ripped without my knowledge. Still looking for something like that. Maybe some file comparison program that will allow comparison with an inserted CD? If anyone knows of something like that, please tell me. I'll try to see what I can find.
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The AccurateRip database (which can be accessed via the aforementioned programs) should be able to verify all that for you.
 
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