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2001-06-12 00:22Greg Clow [idm] OT: CD ripping question
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2001-06-12 00:22Greg ClowSorry for being rather off-topic, but this strikes me as the kind of question that someone
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:22:16 -0400
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[idm] OT: CD ripping question
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Sorry for being rather off-topic, but this strikes me as the kind of question that someone on this like might be able to answer. Responses should be sent off-list to avoid further annoyance to the list at large. :) I'm having problems ripping some of my CDs to MP3s on the computer that my office recently provided me with for working at home. Basically, no matter what software I use (and I've tried about 5 or 6 different ones), I continue to get lost sync errors in the last second or so of every single track. I've tried changing the sync settings to every possible value in all of the software I've tried, but no dice. Most of the time, this doesn't make much difference, since that last second is usually silence. But on discs which are continuous sound from track to track, it causes a weird skipping or lagging at the end of the track. The computer I'm using is running Windows NT 4.0 (not my choice - like I said, it's been provided by my office), and I'm not sure what the specs are for the CD-ROM drive, but the machine itself is a very recent Dell model, so I don't see how there would be any speed issues between the CD and harddrive (which I've heard can cause these kind of problems). It's definately happening as the track is being read from the disc and not when the MP3 is being encoded, 'cause I tried ripping to a WAV file and the same problem occured. So - has anyone else come up against this problem? Any ideas on how to fix it? Greg --- Greg Clow - greg@stainedproductions.com - greg@feedbackmonitor.com concert & event promotions - http://www.stainedproductions.com electronic music radio/reviews/interviews - http://www.feedbackmonitor.com 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor - Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 - Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org