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Old 2009-05-26, 10:58 PM
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Re: ISO EAC Configuration Tutorial

from what I can gather, you don't need to download this since it is for windows 95/98/ME. I put EAC on a windows 98se machine last year and still did not need this download.

accuraterip will configure the read offset automatically these days so long as you're connected to the internet. it is completely reliable in my experience. however, for some reason it doesn't set the write offset set the write offset using the old coaster factory guide, then to test if you've got it right 1) extract an audio cd, 2) burn an audio cdr, 3) extract this audio cdr to a second folder, 4) generate st5 checksums for both filesets, they should come out identical (the do on my computer).

what this means is that you can burn-rip-burn-rip over and over without alteration to the files (a very tricky business!!). but overall, just the read offset is the critical thing don't trade audio cdrs or copy them over and over and over and everything is fine.

I just like to set the read offsets so that I can do the full test, extract-burn-extract to be absolutely positive the offsets are correct... a little obsessive & perfectionist but once its done it stays done for the life of the particular drive(s) in that comp.

ps if accuraterip keeps phoning home everytime you put in a disc even after your settings are done, disable it by finding accuraterip.dll in the EAC folder and re-naming it with a ";" at the beginning or ".bak" (no quotes) at the end or something, then change it back if you need to.
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