maybe a usefull tip

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I was a bit fussing around with putting my music cd's on hd, when I noticed CDex, the program I use, was reading perfectly new cd's as if it's a bit scratched. I used the CDex version 1.51, and so I tried CDex version 1.3, wich did a better job (despite encoding it on a tad lesser quality, nonetheless, it's the ogg-vorbis format, encoded at app 200-250 kbps)
But then also version 1.3 wrongly read the cd (while the cd was virtually new, no blips when playing in a cdplayer)
This time, I used a program (in this case, I used Nero cd-burning software, but I could as well use cloneCD or something like that) to make an image of the cd. Then, I used the program "Daemon tools", to be able to acces the image as if it was a real cd. Then, I used CDex again to rip and encode the music from the image. Wich worked perfectly, no blips, just perfect crystal clear sound :banana:

Thought I'd share :-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

hm, yes, I've tried audiograbber a while ago as shareware, since it was not free back then. I wasn't satisfied with it since it was dog slow and it did not make good copies of the music. Since then I used cdex, because that worked better
I just noticed recently that when I want good quality it generates more failures. I see now that audiograbber is free, so I'll have a try (since it's also alot newer version)
thanks for the tip :-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

that's indeed the prob with audio cd's
I dunno wich speed cdex grabs it, it's a standard speed (and I haven't found an option to control the speed in cdex yet)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

No, it is not write protected.
With lower bitrates (yup, I encoded it at *quite* a high bitrate) it works indeed flawlessly.

Anyway if it is protected, you`ll probably start to hear the RIAA drop ship approaching your house right about now.

hm, yes, from time to time it's very questionable what these copyright guys do.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

hm, now I guess my cdrom is failing :-(

ffs this thing is new :-x