can't get clean mp3/wma files from my drive AARG!

[JP Travers]

Using a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with a fixed-bay 8x CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive (a
Samsung CDRW/DVD SN-308B). I've had this computer over a year and have
*never* been able to get totally clean copies of my music collection, with
either .mp3 format in MusicMatch Jukebox Plus OR .wma format in Windows
Media Series 9.

I would really like to be able to copy all my music onto this computer and
put the CDs in storage forever. Windows media copies the files fine but
there are (lots of) intermittent blips/scratchy sounds. MMJB is even more
problematic-- most of the time it just displays an error message 20 seconds
into the encoding and has to quit. When it does completely encode a CD,
most of the time there are similar little cuts in the music. A real drag.

Reading/burning data cds and burning music cds is no problem, which leads me
to think that there is no problem with the drive itself. I'm hoping that's
the case anyway because like I say, it's fixed-bay so it's here for good.
System runs fine otherwise, Pentium III, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM. A software
problem? Both players also work fine otherwise. Just copying the damn CDs
to the hard drive is the problem. Thanks for any help y'all.

[Bob Knowlden]

One guess (and that's all it is): maybe the Samsung combo drive isn't the
best possible for CD ripping.

Try Exact Audio Copy:

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

I don't do much CD ripping, but this software seems to be configurable for
error-free extraction. The penalty for this is that the extraction may be
slow.

HTH.

Bob Knowlden

Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"JP Travers" > wrote in message
...
> Using a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with a fixed-bay 8x CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
(a
> Samsung CDRW/DVD SN-308B). I've had this computer over a year and have
> *never* been able to get totally clean copies of my music collection, with
> either .mp3 format in MusicMatch Jukebox Plus OR .wma format in Windows
> Media Series 9.
>
> I would really like to be able to copy all my music onto this computer and
> put the CDs in storage forever. Windows media copies the files fine but
> there are (lots of) intermittent blips/scratchy sounds. MMJB is even more
> problematic-- most of the time it just displays an error message 20
seconds
> into the encoding and has to quit. When it does completely encode a CD,
> most of the time there are similar little cuts in the music. A real drag.
>
> Reading/burning data cds and burning music cds is no problem, which leads
me
> to think that there is no problem with the drive itself. I'm hoping
that's
> the case anyway because like I say, it's fixed-bay so it's here for good.
> System runs fine otherwise, Pentium III, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM. A software
> problem? Both players also work fine otherwise. Just copying the damn
CDs
> to the hard drive is the problem. Thanks for any help y'all.
>
>

[JP Travers]

Does this copy to mp3/wma, and are the files of "normal" size or are they
huge?

Any other help on this?


"Bob Knowlden" > wrote in message
...
> One guess (and that's all it is): maybe the Samsung combo drive isn't the
> best possible for CD ripping.
>
> Try Exact Audio Copy:
>
> http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
>
> I don't do much CD ripping, but this software seems to be configurable for
> error-free extraction. The penalty for this is that the extraction may be
> slow.
>
> HTH.
>
> Bob Knowlden
>
> Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "JP Travers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Using a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with a fixed-bay 8x CD-RW/DVD-ROM
drive
> (a
> > Samsung CDRW/DVD SN-308B). I've had this computer over a year and have
> > *never* been able to get totally clean copies of my music collection,
with
> > either .mp3 format in MusicMatch Jukebox Plus OR .wma format in Windows
> > Media Series 9.
> >
> > I would really like to be able to copy all my music onto this computer
and
> > put the CDs in storage forever. Windows media copies the files fine but
> > there are (lots of) intermittent blips/scratchy sounds. MMJB is even
more
> > problematic-- most of the time it just displays an error message 20
> seconds
> > into the encoding and has to quit. When it does completely encode a CD,
> > most of the time there are similar little cuts in the music. A real
drag.
> >
> > Reading/burning data cds and burning music cds is no problem, which
leads
> me
> > to think that there is no problem with the drive itself. I'm hoping
> that's
> > the case anyway because like I say, it's fixed-bay so it's here for
good.
> > System runs fine otherwise, Pentium III, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM. A software
> > problem? Both players also work fine otherwise. Just copying the damn
> CDs
> > to the hard drive is the problem. Thanks for any help y'all.
> >
> >
>
>

[Bob Knowlden]

EAC rips full-sized .wav files. Maybe the latest PCs can perform compression
simultaneously with ripping, but I'd hate to have to count on it.

Is this a matter of concern? If I did the arithmetic right, a 75 minute CD
would rip to approx. 800 MB. Shoot, I've got games installed that use more
disk space than that. (I don't know how to repesent a Slim Pickens - style
accent in plain text.)

Bob Kn.

"JP Travers" > wrote in message
...
> Does this copy to mp3/wma, and are the files of "normal" size or are they
> huge?
>
> Any other help on this?
>
>
> "Bob Knowlden" > wrote in message
> ...
> > One guess (and that's all it is): maybe the Samsung combo drive isn't
the
> > best possible for CD ripping.
> >
> > Try Exact Audio Copy:
> >
> > http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
> >
> > I don't do much CD ripping, but this software seems to be configurable
for
> > error-free extraction. The penalty for this is that the extraction may
be
> > slow.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Bob Knowlden
> >
> > Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
> >
> > "JP Travers" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Using a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with a fixed-bay 8x CD-RW/DVD-ROM
> drive
> > (a
> > > Samsung CDRW/DVD SN-308B). I've had this computer over a year and
have
> > > *never* been able to get totally clean copies of my music collection,
> with
> > > either .mp3 format in MusicMatch Jukebox Plus OR .wma format in
Windows
> > > Media Series 9.
> > >
> > > I would really like to be able to copy all my music onto this computer
> and
> > > put the CDs in storage forever. Windows media copies the files fine
but
> > > there are (lots of) intermittent blips/scratchy sounds. MMJB is even
> more
> > > problematic-- most of the time it just displays an error message 20
> > seconds
> > > into the encoding and has to quit. When it does completely encode a
CD,
> > > most of the time there are similar little cuts in the music. A real
> drag.
> > >
> > > Reading/burning data cds and burning music cds is no problem, which
> leads
> > me
> > > to think that there is no problem with the drive itself. I'm hoping
> > that's
> > > the case anyway because like I say, it's fixed-bay so it's here for
> good.
> > > System runs fine otherwise, Pentium III, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM. A
software
> > > problem? Both players also work fine otherwise. Just copying the
damn
> > CDs
> > > to the hard drive is the problem. Thanks for any help y'all.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>