I did the hidden song test on my laptop (IBM/Lenova T60P Thinkpad), adding my results:
EAC: appeared to rip successfully, albeit input wave and extracted wave are not bit identical, I could not recognize any difference between them.
it also took a couple hours to extract...
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 7. April 2008, 16:27
Unknown Artist / Unknown Title
Used drive : MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-842 Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : No
Make use of C2 pointers : Yes
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 3:08.25 | 3:54.08 | 14125 | 31682
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 97.0 %
Copy CRC 74740FE8
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 5) [667B9449], AccurateRip returned [986EB5EB]
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
dbpoweramp r13 april 7th 2008 release
separate track mode
dBpoweramp Release 13 Digital Audio Extraction Log from Monday, April 07, 2008 4:32 PM
Drive & Settings
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Ripping with drive 'G: [MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ-842 ]', Drive offset: 102, Overread Lead-in/out: No
AccurateRip: Active, Using C2: Yes, Cache: None, FUA Cache Invalidate: No
Pass 1 Drive Speed: Max, Pass 2 Drive Speed: Max
Ultra:: Vary Drive Speed: No, Min Passes: 1, Max Passes: 10, Finish After Clean Passes: 2
Bad Sector Re-rip:: Drive Speed: Max, Maximum Re-reads: 80
Encoder: Wave -compression="PCM"
DSP Effects / Actions: -dspeffect1="ReplayGain=-albummode={qt}0{qt}"
Extraction Log
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Track 0: Ripped LBA 0 to 14125 (3:08) in 1:44. Filename: 00 - .wav
Secure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1]
CRC32: E03BC989
Track 1: Ripped LBA 14125 to 31683 (3:54) in 0:49. Filename: 01 - .wav
AccurateRip: Inaccurate (confidence 5) Secure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1]
CRC32: E2DBCC91 AccurateRip CRC: 433BE448 [DiscID: 001-0000b2f0-00012eb3-0a00ea01-1]
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1 Tracks Ripped Securely (AccurateRip: Different Pressing?)
rip as one mode
dBpoweramp Release 13 Digital Audio Extraction Log from Monday, April 07, 2008 4:37 PM
Drive & Settings
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Ripping with drive 'G: [MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ-842 ]', Drive offset: 102, Overread Lead-in/out: No
AccurateRip: Active, Using C2: Yes, Cache: None, FUA Cache Invalidate: No
Pass 1 Drive Speed: Max, Pass 2 Drive Speed: Max
Ultra:: Vary Drive Speed: No, Min Passes: 1, Max Passes: 10, Finish After Clean Passes: 2
Bad Sector Re-rip:: Drive Speed: Max, Maximum Re-reads: 80
Encoder: Wave -compression="PCM"
DSP Effects / Actions: -dspeffect1="ReplayGain=-albummode={qt}0{qt}"
Extraction Log
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Track 0: Ripped LBA 0 to 31683 (7:02) in 1:59. Filename: 00 Unknown Artist - Rip as One.wav
Secure [Pass 1, Ultra 1 to 1]
CRC32: AF207CC2
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Bit comparison (foobar)
source wave vs eac extraction
Comparing failed (length mismatch : 7:02.428254 vs 7:02.440000, 18629086 vs 18629604 samples).
source wave vs r13 rip as one extraction
Comparing failed (length mismatch : 7:02.428254 vs 7:02.440000, 18629086 vs 18629604 samples).
eac vs r13 rip as one
differences found: 16602913 sample(s), starting at 0.0249660 second(s), peak: 1.9550781 at 105.6849887 second(s), 2ch
eac took like 2+ hours to extract the pre-gap audio, r13 took about a minute or 2 (including ultrasecure passes)
So, from what I can see, MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-842 does appear to support HTOA however it does not appear to be 100% bit accurate to the source, although I could not discern any audible differences between any of the 3 (source, eac, r13).
It should also be noted that I burnt the test cd with the same drive, what consequences that may cause I don't know.