Re: CD Ripping Uncertainty Principle?

Alec Wood <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:32:18 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.cd-paranoia.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thus spake Monty:
> 
> Older versions of Paranoia (version 2) would attempt to track
> 'unstable' bits in individual samples and implemented 'loose' matching
> to accomidate this.  Paranoia 3 didn;t do it this way primarily
> because it caused bad reads on some drives.  The dangers of heuristics
> :-)

Couldn't one just test to see if the drive was a Plextor and use this
feature conditionally?  Or at least get some C2 reporting?  Seems like
there must be enough paranoia users with Plextors to make such an effort
worthwhile.  Hmmm, maybe I've got myself a new hobby...

-Alec