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  1. Silbern
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    That is awesome. Super complex multithread rust tool, hundreds of automated rips, and statistical sampling, all to get the perfect quality in a track. That is some serious dedication :D

    That is awesome. Super complex multithread rust tool, hundreds of automated rips, and statistical sampling, all to get the perfect quality in a track. That is some serious dedication :D

    19 votes
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    Bear
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    Unless this was for specific scientific or medical uses - This seems like far too much effort, as opposed to just finding another source for the bad track in 5 minutes or less. I see.

    Unless this was for specific scientific or medical uses - This seems like far too much effort, as opposed to just finding another source for the bad track in 5 minutes or less.

    reason and sense be damned

    I see.

    13 votes
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      nacho
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      See, there's still a ton of music that you can't find anywhere else. Like a live recording or a record a smaller band only ever self-distributed. One of my favorite songs isn't available anywhere...

      See, there's still a ton of music that you can't find anywhere else. Like a live recording or a record a smaller band only ever self-distributed.

      One of my favorite songs isn't available anywhere online that I've been able to find. The CD is out of print and no copies have been available on amazon/ebay or other sites for years and years.

      Therefore, for me to back up the track, me ripping it is my only option. Getting it right when I know I'll listen to the track thousands of times the next years makes sense.

      If there's a process to automate it for the future just letting a computer do its thing overnight, I've got hundreds of CDs for which that'd be way faster than the alternatives.


      But it's also just a cool project I can totally see someone would do for the fun of it

      12 votes
      1. Bear
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        Still seems like just way WAY too much effort. "This one song that I'll neurotically obsess about if I can't rip it has an error!" "Skip it then!" If your reaction is to say that I "don't...

        Still seems like just way WAY too much effort.

        "This one song that I'll neurotically obsess about if I can't rip it has an error!"

        "Skip it then!"

        If your reaction is to say that I "don't understand", you'd be right.

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      2. papasquat
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        I don't think I've ever heard a single song even one thousand times. How do you do that?

        I don't think I've ever heard a single song even one thousand times. How do you do that?

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    Celeo
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    Well, perseverance for the win! Good on you for keeping on it, and I'm definitely looking forward to the write-up!

    Well, perseverance for the win! Good on you for keeping on it, and I'm definitely looking forward to the write-up!

    11 votes
    1. sqew
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      Yes please on that report, OP. Sounds like an awesome saga to get a chance to read!

      Yes please on that report, OP. Sounds like an awesome saga to get a chance to read!

      1 vote
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    Emerald_Knight
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    You have more time, energy, patience, and dedication for this one single task than I could have ever mustered. I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye out for your follow-up report!

    You have more time, energy, patience, and dedication for this one single task than I could have ever mustered. I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye out for your follow-up report!

    6 votes
    1. Neverland
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      Yeah, so he posted this full-on write up, but umm checkout this as well. All indications seem to point to the fact that OP is the man.

      Yeah, so he posted this full-on write up, but umm checkout this as well. All indications seem to point to the fact that OP is the man.

      2 votes
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        1. s4b3r6
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          Well it does include both an abrasive (silica) and a surfactant (usually, but not always sodium-lauryl-sulfate), so it should work most of the time. But it could change toothpaste-to-toothpaste.

          Well it does include both an abrasive (silica) and a surfactant (usually, but not always sodium-lauryl-sulfate), so it should work most of the time. But it could change toothpaste-to-toothpaste.

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    hook
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    I haven’t done any ripping in a long long while, but how does your approach differ to e.g. CD Paranoia?

    I haven’t done any ripping in a long long while, but how does your approach differ to e.g. CD Paranoia?

    5 votes
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      1. hook
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        Cool. Thanks for explaining. I knew Paranoia was tje bee's knees back then, so this is helpful to know.

        Cool. Thanks for explaining. I knew Paranoia was tje bee's knees back then, so this is helpful to know.

  7. zoec
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    I am in awe of your dedication and enthusiasm. Fingers crossed and hope all things will turn out fun and rewarding in this adventure :)

    I am in awe of your dedication and enthusiasm. Fingers crossed and hope all things will turn out fun and rewarding in this adventure :)

    4 votes
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    1. Shirley
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      Chasing that 100% log? ;) I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article. I don't think there's anything I can add that you don't already know, so, thanks for sharing! How long did all the rips take?...

      Chasing that 100% log? ;)

      I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article. I don't think there's anything I can add that you don't already know, so, thanks for sharing!

      How long did all the rips take? EAC is slow, especially if it encounters any read errors. I've found XLD to be - on average - about twice as fast, for whatever reason.

  9. s4b3r6
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    Tell me more! This stuff is always fun, and frustrating and... If programmer's had a magazine filled with drama and gossip, this is the sort of thing I'd expect it would be full of. (And I may...

    Tell me more!

    This stuff is always fun, and frustrating and... If programmer's had a magazine filled with drama and gossip, this is the sort of thing I'd expect it would be full of.

    (And I may have spent half of today trying to realign drive heads in a hard drive...)

    3 votes
  10. userexec
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    Fascinating write-up! You should have a tech blog or something. I kind of want to know which song you went through all this work to preserve.

    Fascinating write-up! You should have a tech blog or something. I kind of want to know which song you went through all this work to preserve.

    3 votes
  11. cptcobalt
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    I'm amused by the 🤔 in the URL. As an owner of a few emoji/punycode domains, I think it's about time emojis got more love in URL form.

    I'm amused by the 🤔 in the URL. As an owner of a few emoji/punycode domains, I think it's about time emojis got more love in URL form.

    2 votes
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    stromm
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    I have to wonder if that disc actually has copy protection on it? Back in the day, audio and game disc were intentionally created with physically bad spots on them. For game discs, the software...

    I have to wonder if that disc actually has copy protection on it?

    Back in the day, audio and game disc were intentionally created with physically bad spots on them. For game discs, the software would actually look for that bad spot because copying software would skip it and can't recreate it. For audio, burners would fail reading it and usually not continue creating the image. But the bad spot wasn't enough to exceed the tolerance of a CD player's error correction, so the listener doesn't hear anything wrong.

    1. Shirley
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      Copy protection generally makes a mess of the entire disc. I expect an error like this (in just one track, at the same place, across multiple discs) is likely to be a pressing error.

      Copy protection generally makes a mess of the entire disc. I expect an error like this (in just one track, at the same place, across multiple discs) is likely to be a pressing error.