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What?, but it is a cd-rw!
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Ghostdog
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5. May 2002 @ 07:54 |
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But what if you wipe the disc really carefully?
A few years back I had a CD with some crackling sounds on it. A storebought cleaningsolution did the trick.
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Dogboy
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5. May 2002 @ 19:35 |
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Personally I think if you had a CD that had issues and you really wanted to rip the songs before you tossed it I wouldn't hesitate to wax it or whatever. I definitely would wipe all the extra wax off but wouldn't worry about it comming off in a CD drive. I doubt it could really do that much damage since the read head doesn't even touch the CD. Plus how much do drives cost these days to replace? Probably not nearly as much as that rare CD eh? Just my 2 cents.
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Ghostdog
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6. May 2002 @ 09:08 |
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cd-rw, you mentioned something about "full paranoia"-mode in CDex. What´s so different from when ripping normally? How does it work, technically speaking?
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andavari
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6. May 2002 @ 16:39 |
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CDex > Paranoia Full is considered "secure," and it is a good option to use if EAC cannot grab a track error free.
I'll leave the technical stuff to CD-RW.org.
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cd-rw.org
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6. May 2002 @ 20:34 |
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http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/
It comes from the Linux world as open source and the author of CDEx has implemented it to his product. A while ago I recovered a couple of badly damaged CDs and CDex with "Paranoia full" outperformed everything else. EAC jammed on the scratches and ripped the disc for hours.
I am not sure how it differs technically form EAC's secure mode (documented at http://www.exactaudiocopy.de ), because full documentation is not available.
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Ghostdog
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7. May 2002 @ 03:21 |
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The damaged track on the CD had less errors after ripping it with my DVD the when playing it in my stereo, still not pleasent though :-(
OK CD-RW, now about Fairy(since I don´t dare to use car wax)
Do you just pour the stuff on the CD or do you mix it with water?
What do you use to wipe the fairy of the CD?
Is there anything else(security stuff?) I should know before it try it?
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Ghostdog
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8. May 2002 @ 06:09 |
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CD-RW, if you´re not too busy, some quick answers would be helpfull. Thanks.
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Pio2001
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8. May 2002 @ 15:37 |
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I don't know what's Fairy, is it something like skip doctor ? http://www.federalstereo.com/skipdoccdscr.html
You get dozens of websites in Yahoo.com searching for "CD Scratch repair", but Skip doctor seems very cool, it actually polishes the CD.
Pio2001
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Ghostdog
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8. May 2002 @ 23:05 |
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Thanks for the tip Pio. I think I´ve seen something like that in stores too. If I´m going to buy a cleaning kit, then I think I´ll go for the ones in stores here in Finland.
The Fairy I know, I imagine it´s the same stuff that cd-rw uses(pretty widespread product), is dishwashing detergent(is my english correct?).
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cd-rw.org
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10. May 2002 @ 06:51 |
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Fairy is a dish washing solution (for hand washing, not for washing machines). Dish washing solutions are very good a removing grease and other dirt.
The way I do it:
-Wash hands (to avoid scratching)
-Rinse disc
-Apply a little dish washing liquid
-Rub gently with fingers, always from the center to the border.
-Rinse
-Dry
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andavari
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10. May 2002 @ 12:36 |
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Here in the USA I use Joy or Dawn for that.
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Ghostdog
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12. May 2002 @ 10:03 |
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Thanks for the "Paranoia"-tip CD-RW. The track came out just excelent.
I mixed some dish-washing solution with water and stuck it in a old CD-cleaning spray-bottle.
That combined with the DVD-drives read-mechanism and CDex did the trick.
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