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Why does EAC (Exact Audio Copy) rip some CDs ulta-fast and others ultra-slow?

MichaelD

MichaelD

Lifer
This is more of a gee-whiz question...so it's here in OT...unless the Spiteful Mod moves it. 😛 😉

I have noticed that you can take two different CDs, approximately the same length in time and EAC will take two minutes with one and four or even five with the other. What gives here?
 
EAC goes over a sector until it gets a good read. If the disc is dirty or otherwise non-pristine then EAC will take longer. A lot of times the flaws cannot be seen.

ZV
 
Could be the quality of the surfaces. EAC employs lots of error correction code so if the disc reads poorly (meaning each re-read has a different CRC), it will take longer to process.
 
EAC will re read the CD until it gets the exact copy. If one CD is scratched more than the other, it will take more read attempts to get it right

god damn you guys are fast:Q
 
Wow, three of you saying the exact same thing. Cool. 😎 I was thinking along those lines too. (really)

Know what puzzles me though? ALL my CDs are in ultra-pristine condition, so I'm wondering what "imperfections/scratches/dust" the proggy sees?

I am the type of anal-retentive person that will BURN you a copy before I let you borrow one of my CDs. I realize that might now sound "cost-effective" but that's how I keep my CDs scratch-free. I have some CDs that are coming up on 10 years old...they look new. 🙂

Thanks much for your time. 🙂
 
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