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                           Exact Audio Copy


Introduction

EAC is a new audio grabber for CD-ROM drives. The main differences towards
most other audio grabbers :

   * Low registration costs (just a postcard and a stamp)
   * It works with a new technology, reading audio CDs almost perfectly. If
     there are any errors that can't be corrected, it will tell you on
     which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could
     easily control it with e.g. the media player

I am writing this software, because I am fed up with these other audio
grabbers. I always had to listen to all grabbed waves, because other audio
grabbers will do only jitter correction but CD-ROM drives reading scratched
CDs often produce distortions. Listen to all waves would be a waste of
time. So in march I decided to write my own audio grabber, mainly for my
and my friends private usage. So if you don't like this software - don't
use it!   I don't want to make any profit with it, I just want to use (and
share) the best grabber (that's in my eyes the most exact grabber) ever
programmed. Most important for me is feedback from the users, more about
that later at registration chapter.


Features of EAC

   * Usage of the Windows 95 and Windows NT ASPI Interface, so both SCSI
     and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported
   * Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction)
   * Secure, fast and burst extraction method selectable. Fast extraction
     should get the same speed as other grabbers, but is probably not exact
     anymore. Burst mode just grabs the audio data without any
     synchronization.
   * Read error and complete lost of sync detection and correction in
     secure modes, as far as possible
   * Output of time positions of all non exact corrections and listen to
     these positions
   * Copy of ranges of music data, not only tracks
   * Automatic Speed reduction on errors and fallback afterwards
   * Normalization of extracted audio
   * Usage of the Windows Audio Compression Manager (ACM Codecs) for direct
     compression e.g. to MP3 waves
   * Support for the BladeEnc DLL that is usable like an ACM Codec for
     online MP3 compression
   * Support of external MP3, VQF, RA and AAC encoders for automatic
     compression after extraction
   * Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files
   * Compression offset support for exact compression/decompression
   * Detection of pre-track gaps
   * Detection of silence in pre-track gaps
   * Automatic creation of CUE sheets for CDRWin, including all gaps,
     indicies, track attributes, UPC and ISRC
   * CD player functionality and prelistening to selected ranges
   * Automatic detection of drive features, whether a drive has an accurate
     stream and/or does caching
   * Sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams, including the
     option of filling up missing samples with silence
   * Option for synchronizing tracks for non-accurate stream drives
   * Filename editing with local and remote CDDB database and cdplayer.ini
     support and more features like ID3 tagging
   * Lyric database support from www.lyrics.ch
   * Browse and edit local database
   * Certified Escient ® CDDB(TM) Compatible
   * Local CDDB support
   * Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc.
   * Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag
   * Catalog extraction function
   * Multisession (CD-Extra) support
   * CD-Text support
   * ID3 Tag editor with drag and drop possibility from track listing and
     database
   * Glitch removal after extraction
   * Small WAV editor with functions for delete, trim, normalize, pad,
     glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise
     reduction, fade in/out, undo and more
   * Program is Cardware, so feel free to copy

Known Bugs

   * On some computers the whole system hangs after a short period of time.
     I didn't find the solution to this problem yet, because it never
     happend on my computer. It is possible that any cd-player program
     causes these problems. So try to stop any play in progress before
     starting EAC.
   * On some CD-ROM drives occur extreme jitter errors so the extraction
     will slow down to a non acceptable value (e.g. Mitsumi FX240)




About Me

I am a student of computer science and mathematics here at the University
of Dortmund. At the moment I have some preparations on aural examinations.
Beside the usual work at the university as a student, I started work for
VOB (CDWizard) on Jukebox driver and additions for CD-Wizard.
In my spare time I like spending time with my friends and playing computer
and board games. Of course I also work on some computer projects like this
one. Further I do a lot of sports like cycling, walking, inline skating and
some martial arts.
I am using now a Pentium II 400, total of 2.5 GB IDE harddisks, 4.3 GB SCSI
harddisk, 256 MB RAM, Plextor 14/32 CD-ROM drives, Teac R56S-600 CD-R
drive, Asus V3400 TNT 16 MB video card, Creative SB Live! soundcard,
Windows 98 and Stony Brook Modula 2.




Extraction Technology

In secure mode, this program reads every audio sector at least twice. That
is one reason why the program is so slow. But by using this technique
non-identical sectors are detected. If an error occurs (read or sync
error), the program keeps on reading this sector, until eight of 16 retries
are identical, but at maximum one, three or five times (according to the
error recovery quality) these 16 retries are read. So, in the worst case,
bad sectors are read up to 82 times! But this will help the program to
obtain best result by comparing all of the retries. If it is not sure that
the stream is correct (at least it can be said at approx. 99.5%) the
program will tell the user where the (possible) read error occurred. The
program also tries to adjust the jitter artefacts that occur on the first
block of a track, so that each extraction should be exactly the same. On
drives found to have the "accurate stream" feature, this is guaranteed. Of
course, this is a little bit more complex, especially with some CD drives
which have caching. When these drives cache audio data, every sector read
will be read from cache and is identical. I initially implemented two ways
of dealing with the caching problem. First there is an extra option for
resetting the cache for use the the old secure mode (the one being kept for
compatibility reasons). In the current beta version, the cache will still
be reset by resetting the drive completely. You might imagine that this
would slow down the reading process very badly.
That is why I implemented three new read modes in version 0.85beta. One
really fast mode (up to half of maximum speed) is only for non-caching,
accurate stream cdrom drives. The second one could be used for caching,
accurate stream drives and the last one will work with drives that don't
have accurate streams, or do caching. The last two will be much slower,
when no read errors occur it will usually something around a third to a
fourth of the drives maximum speed.
For my testing, I am using a Plextor 14/32 drive that does no caching and a
Teac R56S-600 drive that does caching. Furthermore the Plextor 14/32
supports the "accurate stream" feature, so it produces no jitter artifacts
on any stream. For more information on this have a look at the table at the
end of this document.
This program is really damn slow in secure mode in comparison with other
grabbers, but the program checks every sector over and over to get the
correct data with high certainty. If you don't like this feature of EAC and
prefer fast copies instead of secure copies, you should use the fast or
burst extraction option in the options menu. But of course in fast mode,
the program will no longer be able to find read errors. Only if a read
error occurs in a sector synchronization area, will a sync error will still
be displayed. Fast mode is sector synchronized with 2 blocks of 23 as
synchronization blocks. Burst copy is even worse, no synchronization is
done, enabling extraction at maximum speed of the drive. No error checking
of any kind can be performed. At least I implemented a small help. If the
stream ever breaks, it will tell the user in the status report by showing
up suspicous positions. Of course this is only heuristic; there needn't be
any errors on that positions; moreover there could be errors that are not
found at all.
A new option for selecting the error recovery quality will determine how
often these blocks of 16 reads will be done before giving up and working
with the results obtained so far. For bad CDs, low error recovery quality
will be fastest, but high recover quality should give best results.


Gap Technology

In the new versions of EAC it is possible to detect pre-track gaps. These
are the pauses between two tracks. Usually they are two seconds long and a
cd player will display a negative time during this pause. By enabling the
option 'Detect Pre-Track Gaps' it will be possible to detect all
gap-lengths by reading the sub-channel informations. Because this
information is not stored on the cd directly retrievable, EAC has to search
for the position a track ends. This search is quite fast, but it still
takes on average a second per track. That's why I made it possible to
diable it in the options. Besides that option you can choose to add the
gaps to the previous track nevertheless. Otherwise you can choose either to
append the gap to the correct track or to leave it out . A benefit of
performing the detection and getting the gap times is the selection of a
range to copy. There the correct times will be displayed. A last word on
this topic: because these pre-track gaps are found out by testing
positions, it could occur that not 100% exact values are calculated, but in
most cases it will be correct.


Automatic Feature Detection Technology

From version 0.8 beta on it is possible to autodetect cd-rom drive
features. For each drive the program builds a separate drive options page.
On this option page this function can be called.
There are two different features that will be checked by EAC, first if the
stream is accurate and second if the drive caches audio(!) data. Even if
the drive has a cache (drive specifications), it does not automatically
means that the drive uses that cache also for audio extractions.
The test for the accurate stream feature should be always correct, but
testing on cache will give some problems with drives that extracts audio
very slowly (under 4X speed). If results are uncertain (given e.g. two
different results on different tests), you should assume that the drive
does caching. The new secure mode for non-accurate and/or caching drives
should work for all drives. The other new read modes are only something
faster. If testing on accurate stream will give only sometimes a negative
result, then you could nevertheless try to use the accurate secure mode.


Track Synchronization Technology

Usually cd audio extraction programs will extract one track after another.
This could make some problems on CD-ROM drives that are not accurate on a
CD which has no gaps. When this option is enabled in the EAC options, EAC
will synchronize a track with a preceeding track if there is no silence at
the track junction, so track transitions will be free from jitter artefacts
(e.g. on live recordings).


Offset Technology

'Sample Offset' is another new feature of EAC. Because most drives lack the
'accurate stream' feature, it will help to get always the same wavs as
another reader. Some drives can not position the head correctly. That means
if the program tells the drive to read block 10000 it will probably read
data somewhere in block 9998 instead. But this is not visible to the
reading program, it won't know if it is really the data it wanted. Usually
the head will be set always to a fixed offset before or after the correct
read position. So it is possible to detect this offset once and use it for
all CDs coming afterwards. Because it is a hard task to determine the exact
absolute offset for each drive, I determined it once on my Plextor 14/32.
To find out the offset of any other drive the offset is calculated relative
to that absolute offset. To implement an offset detection for other drives
I took some bytes from some common CDs I and my friends own. These are the
reference each CD-ROM drive has to compare with. Of course I have
implemented only a limited selection of CDs that can be used to detect this
offset, a list follows below. Sometimes there are different versions
(releases) of the same CD, but only the same press like the one I used will
work. That is why in the table below show also a code, that is written on
the inner ring of the music CD, that should identify the release of a CD.
The red codes are from CDs that does not work with this test. In time I
will add more CDs to test this offset. Drives that have jitter are
furthermore not able to position their heads correctly. So you should
activate the secure or fast extraction method and moreover if your drive
does caching, activate no-caching emulation. The 'Searching Track Start'
algorithm tries to find the correct start position even if jitter occurs.
But this is not always possible, mainly if the drive jitters too much. But
it can be shown that nearly 80% of the reads will get the same results. A
drive's characteristic offset can be found automatically from the CD from
on the list of reference CDs. Because of the mentioned jitter error the
value given back is also not 100% sure. You should start the test several
times and remember to activate emulate no-caching if necessary. Then you
should get one value that occurs more often than other values. YOU SHOULD
USE THIS TEST ON TWO DIFFERENT CDS AT LEAST! BOTH TESTS SHOULD GIVE BACK
THE SAME VALUE! My Plextor 14/32 has an offset value of +679 samples, that
means that 679 samples usually are missing at the end of a wav file.
As different modells of common CD-R writer usually do not add the same
offset on writing, it seems that also big CD manufactures also do not
always press the same offset on their CDs. So I determined the most common
offset of pressed CDs and integrated it into the offset detection routines.


List of Included Reference CDs

 2 Unlimited            Hits Unlimited         MXCD-680 #2 - 011596
 2 Unlimited            Real Things            ZYX 20302-2 02

 4 Non Blondes          Bigger, Better,        756792112-2
                        Faster, More!
 ABBA                   Gold - Greatest Hits   517007-202
 ABBA                   The Hits 3             PWKS 507
 AC/DC                  Ballbreaker            755961780-2

 Ace Of Base            Happy Nation - U.S.    SONOPRESS H-5328 / MRCD3239
                        Version                A
 Adiemus                Songs Of Sanctuary
 Alan's Wrench          Alan's Wrench          L806 7983 PR720 U00120-06A
 Alanis Morissette      Jagged Little Pill     936245901-2.2 WME
 Alice Cooper           The Last Temptation    01-476594-1013
 All Saints             All Saints             556004-2 01
 Andrea Bocelli         Romanza                5337902 02 &
 Angelic Upstarts       Reason Why             GRAM CD 004 MPO 01
 Anouk                  Urban Solitude         DNCD 99680
 Anthrax                Spreading The Disease  3 90480-2 SRC-01

 Art Garfunkel          The Art Garfunkel      1004611A4
                        Album
 Art Of Noise           The Ambient Collection 450996098-2
 Astral Projection      The Astral Files       ABLEX 83367 TRANR 607
 Astral Projection      Trust In Trance        IMPRESSTIPCD5 01 6
 Back Street Boys       Millennium             A0100279604-0101
 Bad Religion           Stranger Than Fiction  12-477343-10 12

 Billy Joel             River Of Dreams        01-473872-10 11
                                               probably wrong offset
 Blind Guardian         The Forgotten Tales    8416262@1

 Blind Guardian         Nightfall In Middle    EMI UDEN 8458992 @ 1
                        Earth

 Blind Guardian         Immaginations From The 840332 2 @ 1
                        Other Side
 Blondie                The Complete Picture   321817
 Blur                   13                     UDEN 4991292 @ 1
 Bjork                  Debut                  521 323-202
 Bjork                  Homogenic              539166-2 01
 Bob Marley & The
 Wailers                Legend                 BMWCD! 846 210-2
 Bob Mintzer            Urban Contours         CD-467 21
 Bobo In Thite Wodden
 Range                  Cosmic Ceiling
 Body Count             Born Dead              839802 2 @ 1
 Bon Jovi               Crossroad              522 936-2 0117-468451-1021
 Britney Spears         Baby One More Time     A100272308 0101
 Bruce Hornsvy And The
 Range                  The Way It Is
 Bruce Springsteen      The Ghost Of Tom Joad  S01481650101-0101 11

 Bypass Unit            Dropz Of Obscure       A0100280627-0101 14
                        Eclipses
 Bypass Unit            Green Dreams           L791 148425-2XR2-6286-A
 Bypass Unit            On A Trance-Mission    L792 136987-R4-5272-2
 Caetano Veloso         Livro                  536 584-2 01 /
 Canned Heat            The Best Of            CDP 793114 2AR7
 Cappella               The Remixes            ZYX 20305-2 02
 Cappella               U Got 2 Know           828 486-2 - 00 L7
 Cappella               War In Heaven          532 626-2 - 00 L7
 Celine Dion            Falling Into You       S0148379210- 0101
 Celine Dion            Let's Talk About Love  S0148915910-0101 182
 Celine Dion            The Colour Of My Love  4747432
 Chase                  Barefoot               L062 74321522692

 Chemical Brothers      Brothers Gonna Work It EMI UDEN 8465992 @ 1
                        Out
 Chi Coltrane           The Best Of            CDCBS-463304 31
 Chris de Burgh         Beautiful Dreams       L003 540 432-2 01
 Chris de Burgh         Best Moves
 Chris Isaak            Heart Shaped World     925837-2 RSA
 Clannad                Legend                 PD 70188 2893 644 01 #
 Clanned                Magical Ring           B-7664/PD 70003
 Colorbox               Train To Chroma City   L792 157701-W1-7252-A

 Cranberries            Everybody Else Is      514 156-2 00A L7
                        Doing It, So...
 Cranberries            No Need To Argue       524051-2
 Crash Test Dummies     God Shuffled His Feet  H-6338/4321165312 B1
 Crosby, Stills, Nash &
 Young                  Deja Vu                756782649-2.2 WME

 Culture Club           The Best Of Culture
                        Club
 Cyndi Lauper           She's So Unusual       DIDP-10088 41
 Daryl Hall & John
 Oates                  H2O                    PD 84383 2893 851 04 #
 David Bowie            Hours...               8481572/1
 Dean Martin            That's Amore           LORDISC/CD 0224 01
 Depeche Mode           101 (CD 1)             C-6402/881800-1 A
 Depeche Mode           101 (CD 2)             C-6403/881800-2 A
 Depeche Mode           A Broken Frame
 Depeche Mode           Black Celebration

 Depeche Mode           Construction Time
                        Again
 Depeche Mode           Some Great Reward

 Depeche Mode           Songs Of Faith And
                        Devotion
 Depeche Mode           Speak & Spell

 Depeche Mode           Depeche Mode - The     CD 1 : 4845742@1
                        Singles 86-98          CD 2 : 4845752@1
 Des'ree                Supernatural           S0100249129-0101 29
 DEUS                   The Ideal Crash        524 643-2 01
 Die Fantastischen Vier 499                    S4942386000-0101 35
 Dire Straits           Communiqué             800 052_2 70 L7
 Dire Straits           Love Over Gold
 Donald Fagen           Kamakiriad             936245230-2 WME
 Donald Fagen           The Nightfly           1 23696-2 SRC+06 M3S14
 Doris Norton           Techno Shock           SCD 129 PHC
 Doris Norton           Techno Shock 3         SCD 180 PHC
 Dream Theater          Awake                  756790126-2 WME
 Dream Theater          Images And Words       756792148-2 WME
 EA80                   Zweihundertzwei        P+O-8884-A2
 Earth, Wind & Fire     Gratitude              S 0246684310-0101 54
 East 17                Steam                  828 542-2 01

 Eddy Grant             Walking On Sunshine    CDP 792562 2 AR.3 EMI
                                               SWINDON
 Elton John             Sleeping With The Past DIDX-005994 1
 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery    258174 A
 Enigma                 The Cross Of Changes   H-5504-1/8392362
 Enya                   The Memory Of Trees    063012879-2 WME
 Enya                   Watermark              246006-2 RSA
 Eric Clapton           Eric Clapton Unplugged 936245024-2
 Eric Clapton           Pilgrim                936246577-2 01/98
 Eric Clapton           Strictly The Blues
 Eric Clapton           Timepieces             8000142 04
 Eurythmics             Greatest Hits          W.O. 17073-10V
 Everything But The
 Girl                   Walking Wounded
 Exodus                 Fabulous Disaster      88651-2001-2/2001-2-11
 F.Mercury & M.Caballe  Barcelona              837277-201
 F.R. David             Greatest Hits
 Falco                  Falco 3                229244362-2.2 WME
 Falco                  Greatest Hits          Z-0614/4321654852 A
 Falco                  The Hit-Singles        L012 398423479-2 05/98
 Fine Young Cannibals   The Raw & The Cooked   828 069-2 01
 Fisher Z               Going Red For A Salad  CDP 794132 2 AR 1
 Fischer Z              The Best               EMI UDEN 8351902 @ 4
 Fleetwood Mac          Behind The Mask        1 26111-2 SRC=01 CD+G
 Fleetwood Mac          Greatest Hits          25801-2 01!
 Fleetwood Mac          Tango In The Night     925 471-2 SRC-02

 Flowers For Breakfast  Baron Samedi Conducts  534 051-2 50600146 01
                        The Onion
 Fool's Garden          Dish Of The Day        L046 8225442 @4
 Foreigner              Records                756780999-2.2 R

 Francesco De Gregori   Il Bandito E Il        SERR 473996-2
                        Campione
 Frank Zappa            Freak Out!             ZAP 1 MPO 01 @@
 Frankie Goes To        Welcome To The
 Hollywood              Pleasuredome           450994745-2 WME
 Fugees                 The Score              S0100184186-0101 12

 Garbage                Garbage                SONOPRESS M-0650/4321295972
                                               A
 Genesis                Calling All Stations   8446072 @1
 Genesis                Invisible
 Genesis                We Can't Dance         SONOPRESS F-6901 / GENCD3 B
 Georges Brassens       Master Serie           832 050-2 L7
 George Michael         Faith                  CDEPC-460000 41
 George Michael And
 Queen                  Five Live              789 418 2@1
 George Michael         Older                  841392 2 @ 2
 Gloria Estefan         Into The Light         1A EK 46988 12 B
 Gloria Estefan         Mi Tierra              1A EK 53807 16 C1

 Gloria Gaynor          The Very Best Of       L134 5196652 02
                        Gloria Gaynor

 Golden Earring         The Very Best Of       DURECO/01.2901.61 01.
                        1965-1976
 Goya & Carmina         Noche Latina           EOD CDM01 PHON 510.076-2
 Grace Jones            Nightclubbing          253 481 A
 Grace Jones            Slave To The Rhythm    842 612-2 00 L7
 Guano Apes             Don't Give Me Names    A-24366/4321752232A

 Guns'N'Roses           Appetite For           F-0932/GED24148B
                        Destruction

 Guns N' Roses          Use Your Illusion I    SONOPRESS F-5328 / GED24415
                                               B1
 Guns N' Roses          Use Your Illusion II   DIDX-010510 3
 H-Blockx               Time To Move           I-3486/4321187512D

 Haddaway               The Album - 2nd        H-5797-1/4321182752 D
                        Edition
 Haddaway               The Drive              991950127728 - 1526-A
 Harold Faltermeyer     Harold F               255951-2 EM 1 .
 Harry Belafonte        My Greatest Songs      G3647/4321107302 A1

 Helloween              Keeper Of The Seven    N 0061 MPO 01 @@ 9
                        Keys-Part I
 Helloween              Master Of The Rings    I-5687/CSC7150-2 A
 Henry Mancini          The Pink Panther       BPCD5091 # 01

 Herbert Tachezi        J.S.Bach, Toccata U.   903174780-2
                        Fugue
 Herman Van Veen        Harlekijn              833 240-2 01*
 Hole                   Live Through This      GEFD24631 05

 Hot Chocolate          Platinum (The Very     827311 2@2
                        Best Of)
 INXS                   The Greatest Hits      526 230-2 01

 Iron Maiden            Fear Of The Dark       CDP 799161 2 AO @ 2 -1 -6
                                               NL
 Israel Philharmonic    Peter Tchaikovsky -
 Orchestra              1812 Overture          415 379-2 02 #

 Jacques Brel           De 24 Grootste         837 297-2 02
                        Successen
 James Horner           Back To Titanic        S0106 069110 - 0101
 James Newton Howard &
 Friends                Rock Instrumentals     CD23 W.O. # 9569-1
 Jamiroquai             Synkronized            S 0100280704-0101 51

 Janet Jackson          Design Of A Decade     540 400-2 03 /
                        1986 - 1996
 Janet Jackson          The Velvet Rope        84476229
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Chronologie            519 373-2 01
 Jean-Michel Jarre      En Attendant Cousteau  FDM 843624-2 MPO 01 @@
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Magnetic Fields        800 024-2 04 +
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Oxygene                800 015-2 04 *
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Oxygene 7-13           S 0 100208238-0101 22
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Revolutions            DCO 837421-2 MPO 02 @@
 Jean-Michel Jarre      The Concerts In China  CD 2: 811 553-2 05 #
 Jean-Michel Jarre      Zoolook                DCO 824750 2 MPO 02 @@@

 Jeff Buckley           Sketches For My        S0148866110-0102 13
                        Sweetheart (CD 1)

 Jeff Buckley           Sketches For My        S0148866110-0202 11
                        Sweetheart (CD 2)
 Jennifer Rush          Credo
 Jennifer Rush          Movin'
 Jimmy Page Robert      Walking Into
 Plant                  Clarksdale             558 025-2
 Joan Armatrading       The Very Best Of       397 122-2 02
 Joan Osborne           Relish                 526 699-2 01
 Joe Cocker             Organic
 Joe Jackson            Big World              396 021-2 04 #
 Joe Jackson            Body And Soul          395 000 2 00 L7
 Joe Jackson            Heaven & Hell          S 0 100224073-0101 14
 Joe Jackson            Laughter & Lust        F-1952/CD VUS34 A
 Joe Jackson            Look Sharp!            393 187-2 04 #
 Joe Jackson            Night And Day          394 906-2 00 L7
 Joe Jackson            Night Music            39880-2 MO L4722 F
 John Coltrane          Giant Steps            812272399-2 05/98
 John McLaughlin, Al Di Friday Night In San
 Meola, Pa              Francisco              800 047-2 02

 John McLaughlin Trio   Live At The Royal      834 436-2 01
                        Festival Hall
 John Miles             Rebel                  820 080-2 03
 Kate Bush              Hounds Of Love
 Kate Bush              The Red Shoes
 Kate Bush              The Sensual World
 Kate Bush              The Whole Story        46414
 Keb' Mo'               Just Like You          S0148411710-0101
 Keith Jarrett          Concerts               827 286-2 01 #
 Keith Jarrett          Invocations (Disk 1)   825 474-2 01 #
 Keith Jarrett          Spheres                827 463-2 01 *
 Keith Jarrett          The Köln Concert       810 067-2 09#

 Keith Jarrett          The Moth And The Flame 825 475-2 01 #
                        (Disk 2)
 Kid Creole & The
 Coconuts               The Best Of            ODF 28036-2
 King Sunny Ade         Juju Music             254770 A
 Kiss                   Alive II (CD 1)        830 932-2 03@
 Kiss                   Alive II (CD 2)        830 933-2 02%
 Kiss                   Revenge                848 037-2 01%

 Kruder & Dorfmeister   The K & D Sessions -   SNV K 7073 CDA 02
                        Disc 1

 Kruder & Dorfmeister   The K & D Sessions -   K7073CD B-II #1
                        Disc 2
 Ladysmith Black
 Mambazo                Best Of                SH 43098 16208A 02%
 Ladysmith Black
 Mambazo                Shaka Zulu             2 25582 @1

 Lauryn Hill            Miseducation Of Lauryn S0148984310 0101
                        Hill
 Led Zeppelin           Led Zeppelin IV        3 19129-2 SRC=21
 Led Zeppelin           Remasters (CD 1)       756780415-2/1.4 06/99
 Led Zeppelin           Remasters (CD 2)       756780415-2/2.6 06/99
 Lenny Kravitz          Mama Said              786209 2@1
 Leonard Cohen          So Long, Marianne
 Leonard Cohen          Songs Of Love And Hate CDCBS-32219 12
 Level 42               A Physical Presence    825 677-2 02 #
 Level 42               Love Games             821 935-2 02 #
 Ligabue                Ligabue (Primo Album)  9031-71560-2
 Litfiba                El Diablo              9031-72780-2
 Litfiba                Mondi Sommersi         EMI 8557422
 Lorenzo 1999           Capo Horn              546 170-2
 Lou Reed               New York               759925829-2
 Madonna                Bedtime Stories        936245767-2 WME
 Madonna                Like A Prayer
 Madonna                Like A Vigrin          WEA 9 25181-2
 Madonna                Ray Of Light           936246847-2
 Madonna                The First Album        23867-2@1
 Manowar                Fighting The World     756790563-2 WME
 Manowar                Kings Of Metal         756781930-2 WME
 Manowar                Triumph Of Steel       756782423-2.2 WME
 Marco Masini           L'Amore Sia Con Te     991950133352 - 2641-B
 Marco Masini           Marco Masini           991950102203 - 1420-B
 Marco Masini           Scimmie                74321628272
 Marco Masini           T'Innamorerai          991950114078 - 1251-A
 Mariah Carey           Butterfly              S0148853710
 Marillion              Fugazi                 CDP 7 46027 2
 Marla Glen             This Is Marla Glen
 Matt Bianco            Whose Side Are You On  240 472-2 2895 269 01#
 McLaughlin, Di Meola,  Friday Night In San
 De Lucia               Francisco              800 047-2 02
 Meat Loaf              Bat Out Of Hell II     839067 2@3
 Meredith Brooks        Blurring The Edges     EMI UDEN 8369192
 Metal Church           The Dark               DIDX 995 21A1
 Metallica              And Justice For All    2 60812-2 SRC-04
 Metallica              Garage Inc. (CD 1)     5383522 01
 Metallica              Garage Inc. (CD 2)     5383532 02
 Metallica              Kill 'Em All           2 60766-2 SRC-03
 Metallica              Load                   532618-202
 Metallica              Master Of Puppets      838 141-2 01
 Metallica              Metallica              510 022-2 00B L7
 Metallica              Reload
 Metallica              Ride The Lightning     318-028-003-A
 Metallica              S & M (CD 1)           07314 546 798-2 01
 Metallica              S & M (CD 2)           07314 546 799-2 01
 Michael Franks         Objects Of Desire      256973 SRC-01
 Michael Jackson        Bad                    CDEPC-450290 123 A1
 Michael Jackson        Dangerous              01-465802-10 83
 Michael Jackson        Thriller               85930 41
 Michael Jackson        Thriller               35 8P-11 91A2
 Mike Oldfield          Crises                 CDV2262 100441 02
 Mike Oldfield          Heaven's Open

 Mike Oldfield          Mike Oldfield Boxed    SONOPRESS F-1355 / CD
                        (Disc 1)               BOX1-1 A

 Mike Oldfield          Mike Oldfield Boxed    SONOPRESS D-1380/CDBOX1-2 A
                        (Disc 2)

 Mike Oldfield          Mike Oldfield Boxed    SONOPRESS D-6487/CDBOX1-3 A
                        (Disc 3)
 Mike Oldfield          Music Wonderland

 Mike Oldfield          Orchestral Tubular     S VVIPD 101 01
                        Bells

 Mike Oldfield          The Songs Of Distant
                        Earth
 Mike Oldfield          Tubular Bells 2        4500990618-2
 Mike Oldfield          Voyager
 Miles Davis            Doo-Bop                759926938-2.2 WME
 Miles Davis            Kind Of Blue           S0106493510-0101 14

 Milli Vanilli          Girl You Know It's     W.O. 11591-4 ARCD8592
                        True
 Motley Crue            Too Fast For Love      755960174-2 RSA

 Murray Head            Watching Ourselves Go  846 405-2 00 L7
                        By
 Musik Research         Cocorico 3             SCD 310 PHC 1523-A

 Musical                Highlights From Miss
                        Saigon

 Musical                Highlights From The
                        Phantom Of The Opera
 Musical                West Side Story
 Nat King Cole          The Unforgettable      CDP 7992302
 Nazareth               The Best Of Nazareth   LA41 157 402

 Nik Kershaw            The Best Of Nik
                        Kershaw
 Nina Hagen Band        Nina Hagen Band        CDCBS-83136 11
 Nirvana                In Utero               GED 24536
 Nirvana                Nevermind              DGCD24425 06
 Orchestre de Paris     Ravel - Bolero         400 061-2 03 #
 Ozzy Osbourne          No More Tears          01-467859-10 11
 Ozzy Osbourne          Ozzmosis               S0148102210-0101 31
 Paolo Conte            Collezione             258 902 A
 Paul McCartney         Off The Ground         780362 2

 Peggy Lee              All-Time Greatest Hits 77379-2 MO L3106K
                        Volume 1
 Pet Shop Boys          DISCO2
 Peter Gabriel          Passion                DIDX-005048 10
 Peter Gabriel          So                     PGCD-5 11
 Phil Collins           Face Value             2 99143 SRC 01

 Pink Floyd             Dark Side Of The Moon  UDCD 517 5C (ORIG. MASTER
                                               REC.)
 Pink Floyd             The Division Bell      7243 8 28984 2 9

 Pink Floyd             The Wall               CD 1 : 746036 2 3
                                               CD 2 : 746037 2 4
 Portishead             Portishead             539189-2 03
 Queen                  A Kind Of Magic        CDP 746267 2 AR
 Queen                  A Night At The Opera   789492 2 @ 2
 Queen                  Greatest Hits          746033 2 AR 3
 Queen                  Greatest Hits II       797971 2 AR @1
 Queen                  Innuendo               795887 2 00 @3
 Queen                  Jazz                   789495 2 @ 4
 Queen                  Made In Heaven         M-4684/4835542A
 Queen                  News Of The World      789494 2 @ 1
 Queen                  Queen I                746204 2 AR 10
 Queen                  The Miracle            C-7698/CDP7923572 A
 Queen                  The Works              CDP 746016 2 AR.4

 R.E.M.                 Automatic For The      936245055-2.2 WME
                        People
 R.E.M.                 UP                     9362-47112-2
 Radiohead              OK Computer            8552292 2

 Rancid                 ...And Out Come The    A0100183294-0101 21
                        Wolves
 Ray Brown & Laurindo
 Almeida                Moonlight Serenade     123/1CD 504071
 Rexanthony             Audax                  1840969 REX004-CD 5507
 Rexanthony             Cocorico 2             SCD240 PHC 1420-B

 Rexanthony             Earthquake CD1         1840AN1 REX005-CD/1 5218
                                               7414

 Rexanthony             Earthquake CD2         1840A1N REX005-CD/2 1228
                                               7419
 Rexanthony             Fine Pleasure          1840823 REX003CD 5516
 Rexanthony             Polaris Dream          SOCD 244 PHC 1547-A
 Rexanthony             Techno Shock 4         SCD 220 PHC

 Rexanthony             Techno Shock 5 -       SCD 270 PHC 01 @
                        Future Shock 5

 Rexanthony             Techno Shock 6 -       1840589 PHC SCD 400 1609-A
                        Future Shock 6
 Rexanthony             Techno Shock Seven     1840773 REX001 4416

 Robert Miles           Dreamland (First       DBX030 - 1622-A
                        Edition)
 Rolling Stones         Bridges To Babylon     8449092 @1
 Rolling Stones         Voodoo Lounge          839782 2 @ 3
 Roxette                Joyride                796048 2 A0 2
 Roxette                Look Sharp!            791098 2 00 @ 1
 Roxette                Tourism                7999292 13
 Sade                   The Best Of Sade
 Samhain                Initium                A31.203.009.002.0 @ 1
 Santana                Supernatural           Z-7133/7822190802

 Scooter                Rough And Tough And    A708844-01
                        Dangerous CD1

 Scooter                Rough And Tough And    A708844-02
                        Dangerous CD2
 Sesamstrasse Live      1-2-3...Wir Träumen!   A15112/4321714522
 Sex Pistols            Flogging A Dead Horse  CDV 2142 / B-5399 A
 Shania Twain           Come On Over           558000-2 01
 Simple Minds           Glittering Prize

 Simple Minds           The Street Fighting
                        Years

 Sisters Of Mercy       First And Last And     240616-2
                        Always
 Sisters Of Mercy       Floodland              242246-2

 Sisters Of Mercy       Some Girls Wander By   9031-76476-2
                        Mistake
 Sisters Of Mercy       Vision Thing           9031-72663-2
 Skeptiker              Harte Zeiten           084-80262
 Slayer                 Reign In Blood         DIDX-2036
 Slayer                 Show No Mercy          71034-2 (V)
 Slayer                 South Of Heaven        DIDX-003551
 Sonic Youth            Goo                    0064536000000 01
 Soundgarden            Superunknown           540 215-2 01
 Soundtrack
 Sesamstrasse           25 Hits Aus 25 Jahren  T-9135/4321542342A
 Soundtrack             Armageddon
 Soundtrack             Evita                  936246450 -2

 Sountrack              Once Upon A Time In    C-2618/ND71704D
                        The West
 Soundtrack             Pretty Woman           793492 2 AR 4
 Soundtrack             Star Trek Insurrection GNPD 8059-2
 Soundtrack             The Bodyguard          G-5872/7822186992A

 Soundtrack             The Rocky Horror
                        Picture Show

 Soundtrack             Titanic                S0100239681-0101
                                               S0106321310-0101
 Soundtrack             The Matrix             936247390-2 03/99
 Soundtrack - Music
 From The Motion        The Matrix             6026.2 P+O-42759-A1 04-99
 Picture
 Soundtrack             Ultima Ascension       OW684 9264 1407537
 Spandau Ballet         The Twelve Inch Mixes
 Spice Girls            Spice                  8421742 @ 1

 Stan Getz              With Guest Art.        823 149-2 02#
                        Laurindo Almeida
 Stephan Micus          Twilight Fields        835 085-2 01
 Steve Miller Band      Italian X-Rays         822 823-2 01 #
 Sting                  Brand New Day          4904512 02 6
 Sting                  Fields Of Gold         540 321-2 0 1
 Sting                  Mercury Falling
 Sting                  Nothing Like The Sun   393 912-2 07%
 Sting                  Ten Summoner's Tales   540 075-2 01
 Sting                  The Soul Cages         396 405-2 01
 Sting                  The Very Best Of Sting 540 321_2 00 L7
 Stratovarious          Visions                TT 00312 MPO 11 @@@@ 1
 Supertramp             Breakfast In America   A&M 393 708-2
 Talk Talk (Natural
 History)               The Very Best Of       CDP 793976 2AR3
 Tanita Tikaram         Ancient Heart          243877-2.2 RSA
 Tanita Tikaram         The Sweet Keeper       9 26091-2
 Tear For Fears         Tears Roll Down
 Ten Sharp              Under The Waterline    17-468451-1021
 The Alan Parsons
 Project                The Instrumental Works
 The Art Of Noise       Below The Waste        450995911-2 WME
 The Beatles            Magical Mystery Tour   CDP 748062-2

 The Beatles            Past Masters Volume    CDP 790044 2 AR
                        Two
 The Beatles            Please Please Me       CDP 746435 2AR4

 The Beatles            Sgt.Pepper's Lonely    CDP 7 46442 2
                        Hearts Club

 The Beatles            Yellow Submarine       UDEN 5214812@1
                        Songtrack
 The Corrs              Unplugged              756780986-2 10/99
 The Cure               Pornography            827 688-2 01 *

 The Doors              The Best Of The Doors  7559-60345-2
                        (CD 1)

 The Doors              The Best Of The Doors  7559-60345-2
                        (CD 2)
 The Drifters           Special Editions       812271230-2 WMME
 The Eagles             The Very Best Of       954832375-2.2 WME
 The Frank Cunimondo
 Trio                   Feelin' Good           MPV 100401
 The Gathering          Nighttime Birds        77168-2
 The Jacksons           Live                   DIDP-10817 11
 The Jam                Wasteland              PWKS4129P 10203241 02 %
 The Legendary Joao     The Original Bossa
 Gilberto               Nova Recording         C2-93891 S2314I
 The London
 Philharmonic           Vivaldi - 4 Seasons    EC 1006 2898 541 01 /
 The Mamas & The Papas  Monday Monday
 The Monkees            Greatest Hits          260 174 A

 The Moody Blues        This Is The Moody      820 157-2 01 +
                        Blues (Disc 1)

 The Moody Blues        This Is The Moody      820 158-2 01 #
                        Blues (Disc 2)
 The Police             Greatest Hits          540 030-2 00 L7
 The Prodigy            Experience             Y4699 - 2 61365-2 03

 The Prodigy            Music For The Jilted   1735004 PHC UDP-CD1021
                        Generation             1637-B
 The Prodigy            The Fat Of The Land    3395517 NR1150-2 1247
 The Psychedelic Furs   Talk Talk Talk         DIDP 70008
 Thomas Dolby           The Flat Earth         CDP 7 460282
 TLC                    Fanmail                73008 26055 2
 Tom Waits              Rain Dogs              SONOPRESS/610486 SA7118
 Tom Waits              Small Change           960612-2 RSA

 Ton Steine Scherben    Keine Macht - Für      EFA 02007-26
                        Niemand !

 Ton Steine Scherben    Warum Geht Es Mir So   EFA 02008
                        Dreckig

 Tori Amos              From The Choirgirl     7567830952 A
                        Hotel
 Toure Kunda            Live                   CELCD 6106 (V)
 U96                    Das Boot               513 185-2 01 /

 Ultravox               Dancing With Tears In
                        My Eyes
 Vangelis               1492
 Vangelis               Oceanic
 Vangelis               Themes
 Various Artists        De Pre Historie 1960   EOD BOD01 BMG 74321162162
 Various Artists        De Pre Historie 1970   SONOPRESS 260 742 A
 Various Artists        De Pre Historie 1980   SONOPRESS 261780 A
 Various Artists        Feelings 2             D-8679/77612-0
 Various Artists        Rock Ballads 4         954833711-2 WME
 Various Artists        Rock Garden            EMI 8315892 01
 Various Artists        Rock Garden 3          EMI 8340692 02
 Various Artists        Rock Super Stars       8405342 - K-8890 A

 Various Artists        The Tarantino          SONOPRESS R-7233/ MCD80325
                        Connection             A
 Various Artists        Top Hits 90-95 (CD 1)  EOD BODO1 ARC 0110154/1
 Various Artists        Top Hits 90-95 (CD 2)  EOD BODO1 ARC 0110154/2
 Viktor Lazlo           Sweet, Soft & Lazy     521 122-2 02
 Violent Femmes         Hallowed Ground        820093-2
 Westernhagen           Affentheater           450997018-2.2 WME
 Whitney Houston        My Love Is Your Love   X-7098/7822190372
 Whitney Houston        The Preachers Wife     441252

 Wiener Philharmoniker  Dvorak / Symphonie No.
                        9
 Wim Mertens            Best Of                A0100231424-0101 15
 Xavier Naidoo          Nicht Von Dieser Welt  S1248986913-0101 104
 Yello                  Baby                   848 791-2 01
 Yello                  Flag                   836 426-2 03 #

 Yello                  You Gotta Say Yes To   812 166-2 03 %
                        Another Exc
 ZZ Top                 One Foot In The Blues  936245815-2




Sound Editor


From version 0.8 on EAC includes a small wave editor that will have some
neat functions that could be handy when handling extracted audio files. At
the moment only uncompressed 16 bit 44.1 kHz stero samples files could be
used. Following some functions are described more in detail.


Glitch Removal

From version 0.6beta on it is possible to remove glitches from extracted
wave files. This will work only on uncompressed files.
What are glitches? Glitches are single samples that are completly out of
the wave stream. Best to see on these pictures, which is a really extreme
example that probably won't occur with EAC.
Only these glitches are removed. When hearing a wave file with glitches it
is usually a high frequent 'tick'. Linear interpolation is used for removal
of these glitches. Pops and other artefacts are more deep in the sample
structure and are not removed yet, but is also planned for future releases.
Pops occurs mainly in a lost of sync, where two parts of a wavefile are
joined that does not fit correctly at these points of change of parts.


Interpolation

At first I want to note that this feature is not fully correctly
implemented and would create not always clean replacements of the selected
wav range. The selected range has to be pretty small, otherwise the menu
entry will be disabled.
This function will work on the frequency spectrum of the wave. The spectrum
of the selected range will be interpolated from spectra of ranges left and
right of the selected one. This function should be used to remove detected
pops.
Linear Interpolation will create a linear connection between the points of
the wave in the selected range. This should only be used for very small
ranges.


Automatic Detection Of Pops

This function tries to find automatically pops in the selected range. This
is something slow, so you shouldn't select the complete file, but a smaller
area. This algorithmus is also not very good yet, it will find some pops
where no are and also not found all real pops... In the next version
improvements are planned that will add user defineable parameters to nearly
all these edit functions.
After EAC ended the search it will display a dialog with all found
positions. With a double click on such a position it will select the
matching range.


Noise Reduction

To reduce noise from a wave it is necessary to have a noise profile. This
could either be loaded from disk (or saved after created), or created from
a selected range. This range should at least something around half a
second. This range used for the creation of the profile should consist of
pure noise, no other sound/music should be found in the selected range.
After having a noise profile this could be used on any range of the wav
(usually the complete file) to reduce the kind of in the profile analyzed
noise.


Spectral Display

If the Spectral button is selected, it takes some seconds to calculate a
frequency spectrum for the displayed range. This kind of display has some
advantages. E.g. pops are easily be recognized, as example you should have
a look at the top of the page.
The Y axis will be used for different frequencies, at the bottom low
frequencies are displayed and at the top high frequencies (up to 22.5 kHz).
Further the color of a point describe the amplitude of each frequency band.
If there are discontinuties in this view, there is sometimes something
wrong in the wave.


Smooth Samples

This function will smooth the amplitude of a sound. This is usefull for LP
recordings or other pops/clicks. The amplitude is smoothed, what means that
high frequent parts are filtered out. So this function will perform a kind
of low pass filtering, but it won't cut of frequencies about a special
limit, but lower the volume according to its frequency.
This function will also help on removing pops/clicks. This function could
be called as often as needed for the same range.



Documentation

This is only a prerelease, so no work on the user documentation has been
done yet. A complete user guide and documentation will be done as soon as a
stable version has been published.
If you encounter any further bugs, please report them by mail or e-mail.
Also report any drives that work or don't work, to complete the list below.
If you want to report anything, please don't forget these important
informations

   * Operating system
   * Hardware configuration (CPU, memory, CD-ROM drive, etc.)
   * CD-ROM drives working / not working, drive caches audio data / don't
     caches audio data, accurate streaming / non-accurate streaming
   * Any bugs that occurred

Please do not bother me with simple questions like "How could I save my
wave file with 22.050 Hz, 8 bit, mono ?". I will try to answer all reports
/ questions but I don't know how long it will take. I am a student and I
also have to work to earn some money, so I have not much time for these
things, so please be patient.



Registration

As I mentioned before, this program is and will be Cardware. This means,
using the program will cost you no money, but a nice picture postcard from
your hometown or a beautiful countryside nearby (perhaps it will also be
possible to use a nice stamp for sending the postcard). This support helps
me developing the software to more and more functionality and safety.
Please tell me what you like (or dislike) and please don't forget your
e-mail address. If I ever decide that not enough users register (to my
subjective decision), I will add nag screens which key codes will remove to
registrated users. So if I have already your e-mail address, it will be
much easier to send you your personal registration code. Of course, this
will only be done if there isn't enough support. But I released until now
also some other programs and so I am already disillusioned.
Of course I would greatly appreciate any donations made freely by you to
help me to improve EAC by using the donations for compiler updates etc.

If you want to register in order to support me please use this address

Andre Wiethoff
Am Surck 6
44225 Dortmund
Germany



Legal Limitations

Even if you are free to copy the program for private purposes, it is not
allowed to

   * Make changes to the executable and distribute it
   * Disassemble / decompile the executable
   * Spread it together with other programs on CD-ROM, web sites or any
     other media without my permission. It is allowed to put it up on free
     FTP sites or make links directly to my homepage. Of course you can
     pass a copy of it to your family and friends.
   * For commercial use, a special license is needed 

Read the license agreement on the installer, or when having got these
files as archive, read the file Legal.rtf



Bugs

Please report if a version starts or stops working on your computer, or if
you find any suspicious behaviour. But try everything multiple times before
reporting and specify as exactly as possible where and how the bug
occured.


CDDB

FreeDB (CD database) is an information database containing artist, disc
title, track titles, and other information for digital audio compact discs.
Over time, this archive has grown to contain a substantial collection of CD
information and is continuing to grow at a rapid rate. This database can be
accessed by applications via the FreeDB server hosts that have been set up
on the Internet around the world.


Caution !    Beta Version !

This is a only a beta version from the final program that will be
distributed later in this year, at least I hope so. This version should
only be used by experienced users.
I will not take responsibility for any damage to your hard- and/or software
that is caused directly or indirectly by this program. So download this
beta version on your own risk.

Daniel Schmid created a PDF file including most informations from these
webpages. This is still no real documentation, but is in a better printable
form.

If you encounter problems with this version you should step back to v0.85b4




Tips & Drive Specifications


Did you know :

   * In the audio editor it is possible to use the time bar and the sample
     value bar for moving the waveform by moving the mouse while having the
     left mouse button pressed on these bars.
     With the right mouse button it is possible to zoom a range on the time
     or sample value bar. A right double click will zoom out the specific
     bar.
   * Some drives make problems reading TOC informations from CDs. As
     version 0.85 beta has some more features regarding the TOC, I
     implemented two more command line options to help on problems when
     starting EAC or inserting a CD. You could use
     -nocdtext
     -nomultisession
     and it again it is possible to combine any of the command line
     options.
   * An unofficial EAC page that has plenty of tips for offset correction,
     etc. can be found under Unofficial EAC Page .
   * Some CD-ROM drives will perform better DAE when updating the firmware.
     For example the Creative DVD drives and some Teacs will perform better
     when a new firmware was flashed in.
   * The WAV comparison feature could also be used to determine a combined
     reader/writer offset for exact audio duplication. This offset will be
     different for each pair of reader/writer.
     To determine the offset, you need an already copied audio CD where the
     WAV files were extracted with 0 offset.
     Now extract the same range (somewhere in the middle of a track) with
     your prefered audio drive of the original and the copied CD.
     When extracted call compare WAV files and have a look at the number of
     the first missing/extraneous samples. This number will be the combined
     reader/writer offset. To determine wheter the number should be
     positive or negative, you have to look if the samples are missing or
     are extraneous. If the original wav file has extraneous samples at the
     beginning, the offset should be negative otherwise positive (if the
     file of the copied CD has extraneous samples the offset should
     otherwise be positive, etc.)
     To check the correct offset, you could enter the offset value in the
     options and extract again the same range from the copied CD and
     compare it again with the range of the original CD, both should then
     be the same...
   * With the WAV editor it is also possible to compare the actual file
     with another WAV file. This has the advantage that the differing
     positions could automatically be selected by double-clicking the
     position in the list box. This will make correction of badly read
     tracks very easy.
   * EAC will crash on some systems. Therefore I implemented some command
     line options that will disable some functions that could crash the
     system. You could combine any of these options, I hope that works for
     this version. I will try to remove these problems in the next
     version... The options are
     -nostopcommand
     -notestunit
     -nospeedsel
     -noreadsub
     e.g. EAC -noreadsub -notestunit
     You should have CDs already inserted in ALL your drives when starting
     EAC. On some systems it will still crash if no CD is present when EAC
     is running.
     Furthermore, you might want to disable the flag 'DMA Transfer' from
     system properties, hardware manager for each CD-ROM drive in the
     system.
   * On some systems EAC will not find a matching read mode. In that case
     select the correct read command in the drive options menu directly. If
     your drives seems to still make a bus reset (red blinking LEDs for
     some seconds) or still does not find a matching read mode, please tell
     me about it!
   * The lyrics server address changed a while ago, so I added an option to
     change the address. But I couldn't test if the new server worked
     because a few days ago it was forced to close down, at least for the
     moment.
   * If a CD has songs from various artists, you could select the option
     'Various Artists' from the 'Edit CD Informations' menu. This will
     enable split track names. The first part of each track name is then
     the artist name and the second part is the song title. Both parts are
     separated by the character '/'. For example :
     Metallica / Nothing Else Matters
   * The caching that is supported by Windows 95/98/NT does not affect a
     cache that is included in a CD-ROM drive. Even if you reduce or
     disable this Windows cache, it does not affect grabbers that use the
     ASPI interface. So you can't make your drive non-caching, in what EAC
     understands by this, by changing that cache.
   * CDDB servers require an E-mail address in the CDDB options. If a
     server times out or does not respond, you can select another CDDB
     server from the list supplied in the list box. From time to time you
     should update the server list by pressing the button below that list
     box.
   * If your computer doesn't show any drives or shows an access violation
     after starting EAC, it is often the ASPI interface. There are many
     versions out there which will work (more or less reliably) with EAC.
     Changing the interface could help. To install a new ASPI, you should
     choose one from Adaptec. If you do not own an Adaptec SCSI adapter you
     should download the file "aspiw95.exe" (after locating it on the
     internet, e.g. with help of a search engine), or perform a search for
     "ASPIME" or "ASPI_ME" on the internet or have a look at the page of
     Official Undernet... I did not tried ASPI installation on NT yet, so I
     can't guarantee success!
     If this still does not help, you should probably look around to find a
     matching one... There should also be ASPI interfaces for NT4 out
     there.
   * You can open two instances of EAC, enabling you to read audio data
     from two different CD-ROM drives simultaneously.
   * To exactly position the sliders in selecting a range to copy, you
     could move the sliders secondswise by clicking left or right of the
     sliders (same as pressing the <page up> and <page down> keys) and
     blockwise by pressing the <cursor left> and <cursor right> keys.
   * If your drive caches audio data, you have to use the appropriate
     extraction mode, or if you still use the old secure mode, you have to
     enable the option 'disable CD-ROM drive cache'. If not, only the same
     result as 'Fast Extraction' is achieved (No error detection).
   * To detect if your drive has the accurate stream feature, you should
     set the options 'secure extraction' and 'emulate cache'. After reading
     a track (a few percent should also be enough) the status window will
     report if it has or not.




Here is a premlimitary list of tested CD-ROM drives. There could of course
be mistakes in this list, so please tell me of any you know of.

Results of secure extraction :

 CD-ROM drive name           offset  overreads    cache   accur. stream
 ACER CDRW4432                +740        -         no           yes
 ASUS CD-S400                 +1858       I         no           yes
 COMPAQ CR-589                +102        -        yes           yes
 HP 7100                      +1566       -         no           yes
 PHILIPS CDD 3600             +1263       -        yes           yes
 PHILIPS 4201                 +433        I         no           yes
 PIONEER 24x DR-A02S          +1582      I/O        no           yes
 PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-32TS       +679       I/O        no           yes
 PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TS       +676       I/O        no           yes
 PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R820T        +355       I/O        no           yes
 SAMSUNG SCR 3211               ?         -         no           yes
 TEAC CD532E-B                +684        I         no           yes
 TEAC CDR56S-600              +687        I        yes           yes

   Overread feature "I" stands for Lead-In / "O" stands for Lead-Out




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Do not use this email address for questions of usage !

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Germany
