RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files

"BTW: Medieval is not very accurate:"

Could be. Or it could be that there were problems with the original rip. If, for example, there were offset errors, this could account for differences, e.g. CRCs. However, it could be that there were no audible problems from the splits. To correctly diagnose this would require the original CD, the single WAV file and the split WAV files. (There is also the possibility that the original CD was not in a correct format, in which case it might be hard to fairly allocate blame.)

The root of this problem is the poor quality of the CD audio on-disk coding format selected by Philips and Sony, particularly with respect to the robustness of the framing in the presence of data errors. (Similar error correcting codes were used on washing machine sizedhard drives (of this era. There were all kinds of framing problems that were found and had to be fixed before the error correcting codes were robust enough for data. But Redbook was deemed "good enough for audio" and then the marketing people upgraded this to "perfect sound forever".

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar

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Topic - using .cue files in foobar2000 - mike1127 19:02:49 01/26/15 (13)

RE: using .cue files in foobar2000 - Ryelands 08:20:59 01/28/15 (1)

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Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Feanor 07:29:34 01/28/15 (9)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - mike1127 11:44:59 01/28/15 (1)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Tony Lauck 12:48:25 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Roseval 08:21:02 01/28/15 (6)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Tony Lauck 12:34:19 01/28/15 (1)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Roseval 13:00:48 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Ryelands 08:39:30 01/28/15 (3)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Roseval 09:18:03 01/28/15 (2)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Ryelands 10:15:55 01/28/15 (1)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Roseval 10:27:46 01/28/15 (0)

RE: using .cue files in foobar2000 - Roseval 15:05:34 01/27/15 (0)

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RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Tony Lauck 12:34:19 01/28/15 (1)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files - Roseval 13:00:48 01/28/15 (0)

RE: Another solution is to split the CD image into separate files

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