>>>>> "PM" == Phil Mendelsohn <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> writes: PM> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Robert P. Goldman wrote: >> There was some discussion between myself and Hans Davin >> Umhoefer earlier about problems ripping CDs. We had both >> discovered that the problem was correlated with musical genre, >> specifically that the problem arose with classical music, and >> related to difficulty at the end of tracks. >> >> We had hypothesized that the problem might have come from >> over-full CDs. >> >> However, I now have a Celtic music CD that's only 49:10 long. >> So the "too long" hypothesis goes by the boards. Any ideas, >> campers? PM> No, since the hypothesis was track pitch, not length. Length PM> would force tighter track pitch but a glass master could still PM> have that trouble at any length. PM> Did you look at the pressing info on any of these CDs for a PM> potential link? I'm not sure what to look for. I have found that other boxen, both linux and w2k are able to read CDs that cause this one problems. So I'm starting to wonder if it isn't the drive itself, or at least the relationship between the drive and the driver. Best, R