Is there software or a method available to validate audio CD's after burning?
I use the 'Burrrn' utility to make audio CD's from FLAC files, burning these to rewriteable media.
Sometimes I get 'skipping' or 'pops' which I know is due partly to the fact that the media has been used many times; but often the burn results are excellent.
So if CD validation was possible, at least I have an idea if the results were ok.
Let me get this straight. You use flac to burn an audio CD then use CDRWs! You are joking right!
CDs only cost 5/buck! If you are getting pops and hissing you are doing something terribly wrong. I make MP3 CDs since they can hold maybe 150 HIFi tunes. I would throw it out if I heard one pop or hiss that didn't come from a vinyl capturemp3. The sound is perfect and I mean perfect.
Audio CDs have their own file format which is different than flac. Why are you going to verify that they are the same when they should not be the same? If you are hearing things that shouldn't be why would you need to test anything? The disk FAILS!
Maybe you should try imgburn as long as you have the cue file. If you don't you ought to try to burn it with Media Monkey. It is fairly fool proof and does not require a cue file.
I burn the CD's to play in my works van when I'm on the road between calls. I listen to a lot of stuff that I may never want to listen to again, so I don't necessarily need perfection. If the album's a keeper then I'll make a proper copy.
Originally posted by Findolphi: I see how it sounds, so let me explain further.
I burn the CD's to play in my works van when I'm on the road between calls. I listen to a lot of stuff that I may never want to listen to again, so I don't necessarily need perfection. If the album's a keeper then I'll make a proper copy.
That's all.
Use ImgBurn, it has a "Verify" option that will check the burned disk for errors.
I really expected it was something like that. Try making mp3s and burning them to disk. I have heard complaints about burning flacs. Lossless will make the best quality but these are trash copies. You will not be able to hear the diff between a well made audio CD from mp3s and lossless. The problem starts if you rip a copy from mp3 CD. If you are not going to rip it, use mp3s. I have give exactly the opposite advice for someone that does rip burned CDs. That guy is an idiot!
Most good car stereos care only reproduce about 100 br. They call that CD quality. Most are far worse than that. That is my pet peeve is persons listening to lossless on stereos that can't even reproduce a half-assed mp3 faithfully. They claim to be able to tell the difference when they couldn't. It is like claiming to see through walls but no one would believe that. They are obviously morons and are proud of it.
Originally posted by Findolphi: I see how it sounds, so let me explain further.
Use ImgBurn, it has a "Verify" option that will check the burned disk for errors.
That will verify that the image is burned correctly but how will it verify that the cda files were correctly translated from flacs? That is his real problem. What he was using, Burrrn, introduced artifacts into the cdas. I do believe imgburn does a superior job in the translation process as I suggested the same. I still claim doing a verification is near useless unless the problem was the burn. Bad blocks result in skips not pops or 'cracks'. Yes, I have burned some bad disks myself. I have heard some cracks so loud I thought my windsheild was hit with a pebble.
Originally posted by Findolphi: I see how it sounds, so let me explain further.
Use ImgBurn, it has a "Verify" option that will check the burned disk for errors.
That will verify that the image is burned correctly but how will it verify that the cda files were correctly translated from flacs? That is his real problem. What he was using, Burrrn, introduced artifacts into the cdas. I do believe imgburn does a superior job in the translation process as I suggested the same. I still claim doing a verification is near useless unless the problem was the burn. Bad blocks result in skips not pops or 'cracks'. Yes, I have burned some bad disks myself. I have heard some cracks so loud I thought my windsheild was hit with a pebble.
You're absolutely right, the only reason I thought some of the problem might come not from the conversion but from the burning process is because alongside "pops",he did mention "skipping" as one of the symptoms
