Re: [ARSCLIST] disc extraction info

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

Lani Spahr wrote:
> --- Bob Conrad <bob618@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > Although I use  a PlexWriter 8/2/20, I have found the Plextor
> > software 
> > to be unreliable and last year switched to EAC (Exact Audio Copy),
> > which 
> > is slow and time-consuming, but has proven to be reliable in all
> > respects.
>
>
> I agree with everything Bob said except that I don't find EAC to be
> slow or time-consuming. I think it's a great little product.

EAC *is* slow - by design. It reads each sector twice in its quest for 
exactness and therefore does not achieve the speed of other programs. It 
is not for those who want quick-and-dirty extraction, but neither is it 
painfully slow unless it finds errors. In that case, it slows down to 
extract more often and more precisely until it either gets what it 
believes is valid information (and has always been correct in that in my 
experience) or gives up. If frustrated, it reports at the end of the 
task the location and type of error for you to handle however you wish.

There is a Yahoo! group for EAC. Although the programmer is no longer a 
frequent visitor, he feeds back through it when needed.

Incidentally, the price is right for EAC. It is "cardware": Andre asks 
for a postcard if you like it. We prevailed upon him a couple of years 
ago to move a bit farther toward being compensated, so there is a PayPal 
account which accepts contributions.

Mike
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