Read Errors On New CD

[Danat-O]

I'm trying to rip my Magic and Mayhem by Amorphis CD, which is new, and I get read errors. 
Is there anyway to resolve this? 
I looked to check if the CD had any damage, or any kind of dirt, and it was clean and undamaged. 

[korth]

Other discs rip OK?
Please post the text from the extraction log file.

[Danat-O]

May 16, 2018 23:41:37 GMT 1 korth said:

Other discs rip OK?
Please post the text from the extraction log file.

First off, I apologize for taking such a long time to respond as I've been away for quite some time. However, yes the other discs rip OK. I've only had trouble with two discs so far. Since I've found other means of obtaining Magic & Mayhem, I will use the other disc I've had trouble with that is Sabaton - Metalizer (re-armed) a 2 disc album. I've only had trouble with disc #1, and the album was new and sealed in shrink wrap. 

Here is the log: 

 
Easy Audio Copy 1.0.2.7 from 11/5/2017



Easy Audio Copy extraction logfile from  6/29/2018 1:26 AM



Sabaton / Metalizer



Used drive           : ASUS    BC-12B1ST   Adapter: 1  ID: 0

Used output format   : Flac

command line options : -6





TOC of the extracted CD



    Track |  Start   |  Length  | Start sector | End sector

   ---------------------------------------------------------

      1   |  0:00:00 |  3:42:07 |         0    |    16657  

      2   |  3:42:07 |  3:47:47 |     16657    |    33729  

      3   |  7:29:54 |  4:06:61 |     33729    |    52240  

      4   | 11:36:40 |  3:28:70 |     52240    |    67910  

      5   | 15:05:35 |  5:09:23 |     67910    |    91108  

      6   | 20:14:58 |  3:41:67 |     91108    |   107750  

      7   | 23:56:50 |  4:52:13 |    107750    |   129663  

      8   | 28:48:63 |  3:39:01 |    129663    |   146089  

      9   | 32:27:64 |  3:08:40 |    146089    |   160229  

     10   | 35:36:29 |  3:45:46 |    160229    |   177150  

     11   | 39:22:00 |  4:03:18 |    177150    |   195393  

     12   | 43:25:18 |  3:23:04 |    195393    |   210622  

     13   | 46:48:22 |  3:12:32 |    210622    |   225054  

     14   | 50:00:54 |  5:01:64 |    225054    |   247693  

     15   | 55:02:43 |  4:25:44 |    247693    |   267612  





Track 1



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\01 Hellrider.flac



   Error position 0:00:00 - 0:02:09

   Error position 0:02:14 - 0:02:26

   Error position 0:02:32

   Error position 0:02:48



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  b925a5132f5bb5d35c42e8641cccd271c4c3d708

   Stage 2 SHA-1 checksum:  8a52654c51ffd0d7886773a967d6f5e93824fd80

   Track could not be verified by AccurateRip

   Track contains read errors



Track 2



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\02 Thundergods.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  6997d5a8d21737cc30ef623200d85ee00a1bbdb5

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 3



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\03 Metalizer.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  3eb3651c79c240eaddd2ecb32a0b833d659f008b

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 4



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\04 Shadows.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  da83ecf6d00a82ae6370f2b3cfab11fec8e9a8ad

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 5



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\05 Burn Your Crosses.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  924889912632762fb0933d487db4ed1e023ff4de

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 6



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\06 7734.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  41fcf4fc25110444ff9c298b65535e2ec57a3994

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 7



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\07 Endless Nights.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  8e1d3b4a38ff465f1b18ff84c3d716743c992ee4

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 8



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\08 Hail To The King.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  8bcee8557e17577c7d67affbf0aedd21c82c4c56

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 9



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\09 Thunderstorm.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  9ec7d000c057c8ae7c111bb6e022bf7e48cd54ce

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 10



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\10 Speeder.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  fb4cc590a8d0bcbf5e252f6bd935b132a74c9dab

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 11



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\11 Masters Of The World.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  8c22ff13b2a5bf92483093f2a50b8b3072ae21a3

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 12



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\12 Jawbreaker (Judas Priest cover).flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  0b62abcf933695ee799c02a10d44ee6576353135

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 13



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\13 Dream Destroyer.flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  c661448a924d5dd342125263da5c46694423c039

   Accurately ripped (confidence 9)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 14



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\14 Panzer Battalion (Demo Version).flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  4f729db5f5f6ec672c0086b74d8b0f12d23b7d01

   Stage 2 SHA-1 checksum:  1be5e054e747d5354f3509a1416611f6f9cd93fb

   Accurately ripped (confidence 8)

   Track has been read error-free



Track 15



   Filename E:\Music\Individual Tracks\Sabaton\2007 - Metalizer\15 Hellrider (Live In Västerås 2006).flac



   Stage 1 SHA-1 checksum:  4cf7c47c994cacfe0b065a63b93297330012bb2a

   Accurately ripped (confidence 8)

   Track has been read error-free





1 track(s) could not be verified as error-free

14 track(s) read error-free



Some tracks could not be verified as error-free



End of status report

As you can see, the first track keeps getting an error for some reason. 

[korth]

Manufacturing flaws happen so that's one possible answer. The CD can look fine but the data being read isn't consistent.

Did you try stage 3 (secure mode) that was offered after the first two stages were complete and errors were reported? The problem areas will be reread multiple times during that stage. It can take a long time depending on how many and how inconsistent the areas are but may produce a better result.

[Danat-O]

I understand manufacturing flaws happen, but the CD plays fine inside various CD players that I've tried. If there was an error, wouldn't I have noticed it when playing the physical disc?

How would I go about doing a stage 3? Is that somewhere in the options?

[korth]

The CD player's error-correction scheme can compensate so you won't notice small problem areas. The size of the errors can also determine whether or not you will notice after ripping. 44100 samples = 1 second. 441 samples = 0.01 seconds (1/100th). 44 samples = 0.001 seconds (1/1000th). Read errors while ripping can be even shorter than that.


If you try to rip the CD again you should see this message
(click on image to view)


Select 'Only bad tracks'.

At the end of the first two stages you should see
(click on image to view)


Select 'Try to correct errors'

Stage 3 will reread problem areas multiple times to find the most consistent result. If a consistent result isn't found or if an error is more consistent, you still may not get a rip that verifies as 'Accurately ripped'. As mentioned above, you may not be able to hear the difference anyway.

If the remaining problem areas total less than 1/2 second there is software that can repair the rip provided the CD is in the database. Any questions should be searched or asked in that software's forum.

[Danat-O]

I see. I've already tried the stage 3 then, but I still got an error on that specific track. I've used cuetools in the past, but how might that correct the problem? I've played the track with VLC, and right before the track starts there is a small disturbance before the track actually starts playing, however during the track playing I don't notice any artifacts.

[korth]

Oct 1, 2018 16:02:14 GMT 1 korth said:

If the remaining problem areas total less than 1/2 second there is software that can repair the rip provided the CD is in the database.

Quotes from the linked page above:

What are the advantages?

The most important feature is the ability not only to detect, but also correct small amounts of errors that occurred in the ripping process. That is, CTDB's purpose is not so much to tell a good rip from a bad rip (although it can be used for this), but more to provide a means to fix a rip, when the user is certain their copy is damaged and is confident that there is an undamaged one in database. (The general rule-of-thumb will be that a CTDB confidence of 2/X or higher indicates that the rip in the database is probably undamaged.)

How many errors can a rip contain and still be repairable?

That depends. The best case scenario is when there's one continuous damaged area up to 30-40 sectors (about half a second) long for most discs. As of CTDB 2.0, one continuous damaged area up to about 75 sectors (a second) on popular discs.
The worst case scenario is 4 non-continuous damaged sectors in (very) unlucky positions.

What information does the database contain per each CD?

[...]
180KB recovery record (about twice that for more popular CD's), which is stored separately and accessed only when verifying a broken rip or repairing it.

korth said:

Any questions should be searched or asked in that software's forum.

There currently isn't a wiki guide to tell you how. Try searching the forum linked above for help.
I will not answer any more questions about that software here in the Easy Audio Copy Forum.
 

[omrsc]

Song-to-Song “Uninterrupted” – How to accomplish this.

For songs on CDs that transition from one to another without interruption…like Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” or “The Wall”, or almost anything from the first 7 CDs from The Moody Blues…there’s a very brief pause/silence between songs on Easy Audio Copy (I am operating on Windows 7)..

Is it possible to prevent/eliminate this using Easy Audio Copy? How can I do this?

[korth]

You should've started a new thread.
You didn't say what audio file format (MP3, FLAC) or what you're playing them with (I suspect the player).
I just ripped Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here and The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination in both MP3 & FLAC Tracks and the transitions play without interruption in foobar2000.

You could rip these as an Image (whole CD in one big file) if the player doesn't support gapless playback.
Use the Advanced Options tool and check the first item (Offer image and CUE extraction). You'll be given the option to rip to Individual Tracks or an Image at the start of each RIP.
www.easyaudiocopy.com/EasyAudioCopyAdvancedOptions.exe