[DIC] Risks of non-Plextor CD dumps?
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 2:02 am
@sarami / others
It has come to my attention that some dumpers are using non-Plextor drives with DIC for their CD dumps.
The first issue that I see is the offset detection:
For this dump: /viewtopic.php?t=13405 … 2002-demo/ DIC detects a write offset of -12.
But for this one: /viewtopic.php?t=13406 … piel-demo/ it detects:
So I wonder if the -12 offset is even correct?
Other risks of course include incorrectly descrambled / cut off data. As soon as a disc has audio tracks or mastering errors, the results can no longer be trusted.
It would probably be better to block CD dumping (or add warnings) on drives without D8 (at least by default, without a special parameter) and also add a check to the DICUI GUI to only allow dumping in D8 mode? If you don't add such checks, then people might think that they can just use any drive to dump, and if these dumps are added without checking, the database might soon be riddled with bad dumps.
It has come to my attention that some dumpers are using non-Plextor drives with DIC for their CD dumps.
The first issue that I see is the offset detection:
For this dump: /viewtopic.php?t=13405 … 2002-demo/ DIC detects a write offset of -12.
But for this one: /viewtopic.php?t=13406 … piel-demo/ it detects:
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========== Offset (Drive offset referes to http://www.accuraterip.com) ==========
Combined Offset(Byte) -24696000, (Samples) -6174000
- Drive Offset(Byte) 24, (Samples) 6
----------------------------------------------
CD Offset(Byte) -24696024, (Samples) -6174006
Overread sector: -10500Other risks of course include incorrectly descrambled / cut off data. As soon as a disc has audio tracks or mastering errors, the results can no longer be trusted.
It would probably be better to block CD dumping (or add warnings) on drives without D8 (at least by default, without a special parameter) and also add a check to the DICUI GUI to only allow dumping in D8 mode? If you don't add such checks, then people might think that they can just use any drive to dump, and if these dumps are added without checking, the database might soon be riddled with bad dumps.