[Paranoia] Ripping physically scratched CD's

[Eric Altendorf]

it's called cdparanoia because it's paranoid about getting the extraction
right.

refusing to rip a CD that is not perfectly readable is expected behavior;
even, in a sense, the design goal.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Michael_OF <michaelof at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Monti, Carter and "grarpamp",
>
>
> thank you very much for your kind answers and hints for my request.
>
> I agree to all of you that repairing the CDDAs or at least trying to
> repair would for sure guarantee the best possible
> ripping results.
>
> But my question was more on the software side, not "hardware". I've tried
> to understand why a rip WITH error correction
> etc. hangs, and a playback with "kscd" not, "playing" the scratches, but
> not disturbing.
>
> So in fact Monty's hint "you can turn that off" was my solution,
> "cdparanoia -vZB". Much faster than a pure playback, as
> drive's full speed is used. And all files are playable on my MP3 player.
>
> Remark: All of these CDDAs are audio books, no music, so the result is
> completely sufficient for me.
> Just in case some music enthusiasts in the mailing list might shudder
> about my quality "expectations" :-)
>
> So thanks again,
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 04.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb xiphmont at xiph.org:
> >> Whyever, I can't really rip these CDDAs, not with audex, not with a
> dolphin copy and paste and unfortunately also not
> >> with cdparanoia, which I tried at last. All of the above "hangs" at
> some tracks.
> >
> > Right; by default it will only accept a perfectly reproducible read.
> > You can turn that off, BTW, however there might still be issues with
> > the kernel endlessly retrying read attempts when the drive itself
> > reports errors.
> >
> > You can in fact often buff out scratches from the play surface.
> > Polish from hub to rim.  Plastic 'scratch-removal' fluids and a cotton
> > cloth work pretty well.
> >
> > There's also a product called a 'CD Doctor' that's a little automated
> > buffing machine that does the same.  It actually works.
> >
> > Monty
> >
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