I'm sure some of you guys have used this software to digitize your soundtrack collection.
Ripping my collection over the last month, I came across some weird results.
Getting the "You may have a different pressing" message is pretty normal, but I also tend to get them when copying limited releases.
Like this one...
Prince Valiant (Film Score Monthly Vol.2 No.3)
Track 1
Filename C:\01 Main Title.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 97.8 % Extraction speed 4.0 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 8552464B Copy CRC 8552464B Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [7A182FB0], AccurateRip returned [3403508D] (AR v2) Copy OK
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
So...are there multiple pressings during the making of a limited release?
Yeah you know 3000 copies arent all pressed at once. 1500 now and 1500 when the demand calls for it later. You don't have to worry though, because EAC still reports the track quality at %100 and the test and copy CRC codes are a match. The real problem is that not enough people are submitting their results to AccurateRip.
You will be surprised how many CDs you can now compare against an even larger database! And in most cases different pressings are no problem at all as the different offset usually used during production does not matter at all for this Plugin!
I have two of those. The Apollo 13 oscar promo (the real one) and Attack of the Clones (the one with the bonus track).
I guess that must also a side-effect of separate pressings.
Without matches you run the test function over the tracks which will allows you to compare the CRC values in the grid. One column displays the values of what was written to disk and the other shows the test results. When they don't match, perform the test or the rip again. If it is hard to get a match, change the extraction mode to secure mode and see if the drive does better. Sometimes the disc is faulty and tracks (usually toward the outside of the disc) can't be ripped accurately, but usually I find whatever errors are in the rip are inaudible.
The real problem is that not enough people are submitting their results to AccurateRip.
This was my thought as well. The database is only as accurate and inclusive as the information inputted by previous users. I often see pre-existing entries that look like they came from idiots--wrong track titles, misspellings galore, etc. Funny stuff. So I just assume that the one my entry is being matched with was incorrect to begin with. I do the correct entries and send it off.
And I include everything... original year of release, country, year of specific edition, company, serial number. A little anal, I admit, but it's the only way to really be sure the database is as accurate as it can be.
Well, when ST III arrived (1.5 years ago, if I remember correctly), I had problems with one disc (disc 1). I re-riped it in next 3-6 months at least twice and after last attempt I finally got FULLY accurate rip. And yes, I submitted EACH attempt, as my friend told me that they update AccurateRip base once in 2-3 months, so maybe they finally added my results to their base...
Well, when ST III arrived (1.5 years ago, if I remember correctly), I had problems with one disc (disc 1). I re-riped it in next 3-6 months at least twice and after last attempt I finally got FULLY accurate rip. And yes, I submitted EACH attempt, as my friend told me that they update AccurateRip base once in 2-3 months, so maybe they finally added my results to their base...
