CD Analyzer? - P2P-Zone

thinker · 16-02-02, 03:27 PM

Since someone knew about EncSpot, perhaps something else can have light shed on it. I have dozens of CDs that potentially could have damage due to an accident with a CD changer awhile back. However, there's no way for me to have enough time to listen to all of them and find out what's up. Is there a prog out there where I can pop a disc into the CD drive and scan it to make sure the tracks are fine?

indiana_jones · 16-02-02, 04:06 PM

since the program has to read all data from the cd, you just could use the cd-rip program and convert your cds to mp3.

i.e. cdex from www.cdex.n3.net tells you if it could
read a track ok - if not i tells you which blocks were bad.

indy

ONEMANBANNED · 16-02-02, 04:59 PM

I may have misunderstood your question but My friends dad owns 2 video stores and he just bought a cd/dvd resurfacer that takes the scratches out .Only $3000

Ramona_A_Stone · 17-02-02, 11:43 AM

Indiana's idea is good--but you could use AudioGrabber, for instance, and forgo the conversion to mp3 process to save a lot of time. AudioGrabber grabs the wavs in a twinkling, (conversion takes longer) and both gives you a 'Copied OK, Checksum:' message and counts 'possible speed problems.' (I sometimes rack up some 'speed problems' when there is nothing apparently wrong with the CD, but the 'Copied OK' output seems a very reliable indicator of physical flaws.)

Snarkridden · 20-02-02, 05:07 AM

I always use CDDAE99 which can be set to do a double pass the second being compared with the first, this gives a good assessment of the CD quality, Green = All Ok Yellow=some errors Red=definately bad.. Funnily enough though even the RED tracks sound mostly OK.

CDDAE99 is really critical, and reports every single bit error, so don't be too worried as long as 95% is OK sound doesn't seem to suffer..

Sorry I don't have a link to the site on this PC but the name errik.deppe@pandora.be was the authors original email

and http://come.to/cdspeed was a site dealing in otherr CD test facilities some while back, I notice also that the latest NERO has included a re-badged version of the CDSPEED in its utilites folder.

Snark..

Snarkridden · 20-02-02, 05:14 AM

Not checked through yet though, try this link for interesting CD material..

http://209.15.164.79/

It looks good..

Snark..

16-02-02, 03:27 PM	#1
thinker Ex-Singular Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Earth Posts: 4,677	CD Analyzer? Since someone knew about EncSpot, perhaps something else can have light shed on it. I have dozens of CDs that potentially could have damage due to an accident with a CD changer awhile back. However, there's no way for me to have enough time to listen to all of them and find out what's up. Is there a prog out there where I can pop a disc into the CD drive and scan it to make sure the tracks are fine?

16-02-02, 04:06 PM	#2
indiana_jones B2B Protagonist ... Life is ... Bubble to Bubble ... Beer to Beer ... love a VLAIBB (Very Lonesome Artificial Intelligence Brained Bubble) @ http://www.geocities.com/vlaibb vlaibb@yahoo.com Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 206	since the program has to read all data from the cd, you just could use the cd-rip program and convert your cds to mp3. i.e. cdex from www.cdex.n3.net tells you if it could read a track ok - if not i tells you which blocks were bad. indy __________________ VLAIBB - The Ultimate Gateway to P2P Sites File: surprise.mp3 Length:5845871Bytes UUHash:=1LDYkHDl65OprVz37xN1VSo9b00= Copy the lines above and use 'Paste from Clipboard' function of sig2dat 3.11.a (supports quicklinks) to create a startfile for your FastTrack p2p client for safe download

20-02-02, 05:07 AM	#5
Snarkridden OpenNap Server Operator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: U.K Posts: 401	Testing CD quality? I always use CDDAE99 which can be set to do a double pass the second being compared with the first, this gives a good assessment of the CD quality, Green = All Ok Yellow=some errors Red=definately bad.. Funnily enough though even the RED tracks sound mostly OK. CDDAE99 is really critical, and reports every single bit error, so don't be too worried as long as 95% is OK sound doesn't seem to suffer.. Sorry I don't have a link to the site on this PC but the name errik.deppe@pandora.be was the authors original email and http://come.to/cdspeed was a site dealing in otherr CD test facilities some while back, I notice also that the latest NERO has included a re-badged version of the CDSPEED in its utilites folder. Snark..

20-02-02, 05:14 AM	#6
Snarkridden OpenNap Server Operator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: U.K Posts: 401	Just found Not checked through yet though, try this link for interesting CD material.. http://209.15.164.79/ It looks good.. Snark..

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16-02-02, 04:59 PM	#3
ONEMANBANNED Push "winky" ! Push!!! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: north Posts: 3,529	I may have misunderstood your question but My friends dad owns 2 video stores and he just bought a cd/dvd resurfacer that takes the scratches out .Only $3000

17-02-02, 11:43 AM	#4
Ramona_A_Stone Formal Ball Proof Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 2,948	Indiana's idea is good--but you could use AudioGrabber, for instance, and forgo the conversion to mp3 process to save a lot of time. AudioGrabber grabs the wavs in a twinkling, (conversion takes longer) and both gives you a 'Copied OK, Checksum:' message and counts 'possible speed problems.' (I sometimes rack up some 'speed problems' when there is nothing apparently wrong with the CD, but the 'Copied OK' output seems a very reliable indicator of physical flaws.)