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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: realdeal on July 29, 2007, 04:10:41 pm
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I'm in the process of burning my 300+ CD collection using FLAC and Secure Rip. On a few of my CD's the log shows something like the following:
Track 9: Completed with unreliable data - Quality 6.64% [Tender Heart - Arlene]
00:00:14 Unreliable data after 16 re-read attempts
I listened to the song after ripping and didn't notice any problems.
So my question is what exactly does this message mean?
I did do a search for an answer and did not find anything relevant. Thank you!
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Anyone? ?
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Track 9: Completed with unreliable data - Quality 6.64% [Tender Heart - Arlene]
00:00:14 Unreliable data after 16 re-read attempts
means that after 16 attempts it failed to read the data at the 14 second mark for track 9. the result is a flaw in the ripped music.
I listened to the song after ripping and didn't notice any problems.
it might be a small imperfection.
The other error message i get sometime is some thing like...
00:00:14 It took 3 attempts to get a good read
This normally means the rip is ok but there is a small chance that the rip has a flaw.
These are due to CD imperfections (Scratches, smudges, etc..). Most of the times this can be corrected by wiping the CD. I use eye glass cleaner.
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I was able to obtain 100% rips on all but 3 or so CDs in my 1,100 CD collection. I did do a lot of cleaning and I find that different CD drives can give vastly different results so try different drives. One drive, a very inexpensive generic CD burner, reads much better than even my more expensive drives.
BTW: I did have to buy a few replacements but those last few are CDs I can't really find without tons of effort or wasting some money. I probably bought no more than 20 replacements but know that my collection is as flawless as it can be without considerable effort trying to track down a few rare CDs.
I'm at 336 GB w/ 13,244 songs in FLAC Q8.