How to archive my collection?

[MrSlim]

No, He was talking about Easy CD-DA Extractor, which looks like is a try and buy. You are right about EAC being Freeware. I think EAC is the best way to go in the Windows world. For us non-conformist Linux users, RubyRipper is a pretty good equivalent. (find it here: rubyripper - Google Code)

 

[Budgie]

Eac seems very slow to me. Maybe I have not tweaked the settings correctly?

 

[scompton]

It's not the fastest in the world, but it's supposed to be one of the best at ripping problem discs. On all but the most pristine discs, EAC does some error correction from what I've seen. It also reports everywhere on the disc that it may not have been able to correct the errors. Usually, but not always, there is a noticable click or stutter at each of these places.

I've never used Easy CD-DA Extractor, does it give an error report like EAC? If it does, I think your fine using it for an archive where you may not listen to the rips. If not, I'd use EAC and listen to the rips where it says there are errors.

 

[nick_charles]

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Originally Posted by Budgie /img/forum/go_quote.gif Eac seems very slow to me. Maybe I have not tweaked the settings correctly?

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's not the fastest in the world, but it's supposed to be one of the best at ripping problem discs. On all but the most pristine discs, EAC does some error correction from what I've seen. It also reports everywhere on the disc that it may not have been able to correct the errors. Usually, but not always, there is a noticable click or stutter at each of these places.

EAC is also quite drive dependent. It is blindingly fast on my creaky old DVD/CD-RW drive on a massively underpowered 5 year old low end 512MB Dell 4600. On my new Toshiba with 1.5GB and Core 2 Duo it crawls along painfully since the supplied drive is utter rubbish. You can adjust the drive settings but that requires a lot of patience and low level understanding of how your individual drive works.

 

[analogbox]

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've never used Easy CD-DA Extractor, does it give an error report like EAC? If it does, I think your fine using it for an archive where you may not listen to the rips. If not, I'd use EAC and listen to the rips where it says there are errors.

Yes, it has error detection although it is off on default. I've used Easy CD in conjunction with EAC and never had a problem. Sometimes I have to use Easy CD to rip because EAC won't on some CDs.

 

[Budgie]

nic_charles, good info. I will crack open my tower and stick in a different drive and give it a try. I have a Sony DRU-530 dvd drive that has no home. Also a LG read only cd drive somewhere around this pigsty.

 

[Budgie]

(edit- stuck with freebie rippers for now due to loss of job/no income.)