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Topic: New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper? (Read 6322 times) previous topic - next topic
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New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

I am test driving a new Dell Inspiron 530, Core 2 Quad 6600, Vista 64bit. Nothing stellar but it's new and much faster than my Dimension 4300.   

The DVD R/W drive I think is 16x, and I noticed that it is a breeze to rip my CD's, meaning, even ones that are crazily scratched are coming out with matches in Accurate Rip and very few re-rips. My older CD-ROM 48x drive in my PC from 2001 treats these CD's like manual labor. Is this to be expected and just that the newer drives can read through the scratches better?  I have it configured for C2, and there are some Innacurate Rips, so I don't think it's a matter of it not working??

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #1 –
Can you tell me exactly what drive is in your unit (make and model?)  I have been searching for a good dbPoweramp drive and haven't been able to find one.  I use Vista 64-bit and all of the drives I have tried (both CD and DVD) won't work with Accurate rip so I have to rip everything twice.  I have tried drives from Pioneer, Plextor and Lite-on. 

Thanks,
John

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #2 –
I opened it up and I couldn't see any manufacturer listed... I suppose it's just a generic one that came with Dell....?

Edit: This is what Device Manager says:
TSST corp DVD+-RW TS-H653F ATA Device

Don't know what the heck that is.

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #4 –
It's basically [maybe with a few features missing?] a Samsung SH-S223.

C.

[EDIT: Not a DVD drive expert by any means, but the impression I get is that one make of drive can work well for one person, and be a disaster for another -- I'm assuming a whole range of issues, from OS, chipset etc.  come into play.]
PC = TAK + LossyWAV  ::  Portable = Opus (130)

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

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Is this to be expected and just that the newer drives can read through the scratches better?  I have it configured for C2, and there are some Innacurate Rips, so I don't think it's a matter of it not working??


Just curious if anyone has had a similar experience or does this sound on par?

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #6 –
Most Toshiba/Samsung drives are good readers, that can read even a pretty damaged discs, and this particular drive is one of the best. It has correct support for C2 pointers and fast error correction. It also has a small read offset (+6) and doesn't cache, so it is a ideal drive for ripping (except fo not supporting reading into leadin/leadout). Unfortunately this drive has problems with CD burning - high jitter, high C1 and sometimes even some C2 errors, the firmware needs some tweaking in this area.

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #7 –
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the newer drives can read through the scratches better


There are a designation of drives which are 'combo' which means they have 2 internal lasers, one for DVD the other for CDs. The DVD laser is finer, where as the CD laser is better for reading, well CDs. I would not know if the drive you listed was a combo drive or not, but to answer your question yes the model of the drive effects how well a disc can be read.

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #8 –
Thanks so much for the feedback.

What was mean by this though? I don't understand.
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(except for not supporting reading into leadin/leadout)

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #9 –
I meant it cannot read data from leadin/leadout, but that isn't such a big deal, it is really useful only for drives with big read offset.

New DVD Drive Better With Errors in dBpoweramp CD Ripper?

Reply #10 –
...or pressings of discs with fubar'd offsets such that audible data can be found in the lead-in.  Pressings with audible data in the lead-out are beyond fubar.