On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 04:15:32AM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > When using cdparanoia, it *always* shows ":-|", which stands for > "Considerable jitter", and often ":-/". I've been wondering, while > having a Plextor CD-ROM, am I getting worth of what I have > payed. Anyone extracting with mostly ":-)"?
I only get + or ! when the disks are severely ruined, normally all bright smileys. I've an ultraplex scsi cdrom and a ide plexwriter, both perform great under linux and windows, so I guess something is wrong at your side. Is it a scsi? is it properly terminated etc? does it work under windows? (try http://www.ExactAudioCopy.de for a windows variant of cdparanoia) is the cd impecable? > Can anyone define `jitter' as applicable to a CD-ROM? (or direct me to > a resource where it's explained) IIRC jitter in this context means that rereads of the same part of an audio-cd gives a series of samples that are slightly out of pace, some missing or extra at the start and end. But the plextor shouldn't have this problem, unless the disk itself is bad. -- groetjes, carel
