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Topic: Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ? (Read 8385 times) previous topic - next topic
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Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Hi everybody,

I'd like to know your views about audiochecker... I checked my modest FLAC collection (~100 tracks) ripped with EAC and it appears that all my tracks are recognized as CDDA... Perfect at this moment... But, when I check my FLAC files compressed from WAV downloaded on beatport and others... Sometimes I get MPEG result... Can I trust this soft ???

And you ??? What are your results and experiences with this soft ???

Thanks...

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #1 –
Better check you FLACs against AccurateRip using CueTools and kill two birds with one stone.

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #2 –
Accuraterip is ok for CD but for downloaded files, it doesn't work, I guess...

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #3 –
Quote from: FlacAttack!!! on
Accuraterip is ok for CD but for downloaded files, it doesn't work, I guess...


Of course it does. I use it regularly for exactly that purpose.

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #4 –
Well, perfect... Then I'll learn more about accurate rip and how to use it... Thanks...

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #5 –
I was wondering... If some tracks on Beatport are fake WAV (by mistake of course  ), then accuraterip cannot help me to check if the track is really a WAV because people have the same fake WAV, am I right ???

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #6 –
AccurateRip contains checksums from original CD rips. One would either have to be really dumb or mean and frustrated to upload checksums from burned CDs or downloaded files. It doesn't help the system and is a waste of time. Usually the proportions of consensual checksums vs. isolated deviates draw a clear picture so that false info isn't spread. Also anti pirating organizations wouldn't have an interest in poisoning AccurateRip as it really (and honestly) serves a lawful purpose.

Lossless checking tool : Is audiochecker reliable ?

Reply #7 –
There are couple of things to consider...

Not everyone remembers what they used to burn a CD-R, especially if the CD-R has been in their collection of a while (years).

Not everyone takes measures to avoid submitting CD-R rips to the AR database.  I'll go even farther to suggest that few even know how.

Not everyone corrects their burner's offset; however, many burners have the same write offset and there aren't that many unique write offsets across 99% of drives (a half-dozen or so).  Yes, I made the 99% up.  It could be 100%!

It really boils down to what it takes for two discs to generate the same disc ID and have tracks that generate the same checksums.

EDIT: Trying to look at the bigger picture, realizing that AR was intended to help people verify original CDs, CD-R submissions do no harm.  For those worried that their downloadz aren't on the up-and-up, go buy yourself an original copy!  You get what you pay for.