[vorbis] Choosing a processor

[David Mitchell]

Rosyna wrote:
> 
> Wow, then you must have a REALLY hard time listening to cds if all cd
> players you use have to do massive error checking.

You should check out the CDParanoia FAQ. Reading an audio CD as
data, and simply playing the CD are two very different processes:

http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html

-David Mitchell

> 
> Ack, at 5/29/01, JFurmankiewicz at STSSystems.com said:
> 
> >All depends on the quality of the CD drive and how flawless you want the rip
> >to be.
> >
> >I have a generic LG (not a high-end plextor) and I only rip using EAC
> >(similar to cdparanoia under Linux)
> >which just re-reads sectors endlessly until it's 100% sure it has a good
> >rip. With just a standard CD ripper
> >I could probably rip at 14x too, but then I'd have to deal with all the
> >skips and errors that can
> >occur because of this.
> >
> >Nothing more frustrating than burning a CD of MP3s and finding out later you
> >have to re-rip, re-encode and re-burn
> >again because of potentially faulty CD rips.
> 
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