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AccurateRip confidence numbers

Can the confidence numbers be added if I repeat the following procedures?

1) AccurateRip the CD.
- confidence number 1

2) Burn the CD using the cue and audio files.

3) AccurateRip that new CD again.
- confidence number 2?

Re: AccurateRip confidence numbers

Reply #1 –
Quote from: jamsig2 on
Can the confidence numbers be added if I repeat the following procedures?
Unclear what you intend to ask for:
- If you ask whether you can improve accuracy by doing it this way, the answer is no. 
- If you ask whether you can "retro-verify" by burning a CD and ripping it (as EAC & friends only verify upon ripping): use CUETools instead.

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Reply #2 –
I'm asking if one can plus the confidence numbers by repeating the procedure starting with just one CD source.

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Reply #3 –
Technically, it's possible to artificially inflate the confidence by +1 but it will not mean anything in term of accuracy. It's useless & stupid, it just pollutes the database.

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Reply #4 –
Yeah, that's my assumption. Sorry to hear that. I should not rely on the small numbers then. You know, there could be ill-intended users. One of my findings have 4 confidence numbers with many jitter sounds that are not present in official audio on YouTube. Anyways, thank you for the answer!

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Reply #5 –
If you did not rip the CD yourself previously, then you can rely on a confidence of even just 1. The fact is, two unrelated people have exactly the same resulting rip...

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One of my findings have 4 confidence numbers with many jitter sounds that are not present in official audio on YouTube. Anyways, thank you for the answer!
I didn't realize YouTube has "official audio"...    :o

It may be a production error that exists on many or all of the CDs (not an individual defect/reject).   If you hear the same-identical defect when you play the CD on a regular audio-CD player, it's probably a  production error.

...I bought a CD once that had some defects (maybe even some "skipping" or "jitter", but I don't remember) that seemed to be in the original audio data.   From what I remember it ripped without errors (possibly this was before AccurateRip).    There were some other clues, such as the song listing not exactly-matching what was on the disc.    It was from a legitimate retail seller and I believe this was a stamped disc, so I assume they were all the same (and they would give identical AccurateRip results).   So, when I returned it I requested a refund instead of a replacement.   (Don't tell anyone, but I did rip it and I did keep the good tracks.  :D )

I also have some CDs of recordings made before the introduction of tape.  I can hear crackle from the 78 RPM record.

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Reply #7 –
You're right about that! It could be the production error. Nowadays, I buy digital audios rather than physical CDs, but sometimes they have jitters too. I found out that there are few digital stores allow refund for that reason. YouTube audios I mentioned are from recording companies (perhaps for YouTube Red uses). I think they are reliable to compare them with my physical rips. Anyways, I'm going paranoia here. XD