I've been having a hell of a time ripping audiobooks on CD.
BACKSTORY:
I have a couple thousand music CDs from years of collecting. Even to this day, I'll buy a CD over downloading. I have always used Windows Media Player to rip MP3s. For the most part, they're all 320kbps and I have had zero issues using the MP3 files in itunes, Plex, amazon music, etc.
Within the last year, I've taken a job that requires a fair amount of driving. I decided to purchase a couple audiobooks to pass the time. My initial purchase was three off of ebay. I ripped them as I would any music CD. The only problem was that several tracks (usually ones towards the end of the CD) came out scratchy and sounded like a record skipping to the point that they were unplayable in certain spots. After discovering this while on the road, I figued it must be the used disks. When I got back home, I found that they looked brand new. And, after purchasing several new audiobooks, they too had the same problem, in the same general area (on tracks towards the end of the disk). It doesn't matter which burner I use either.
So, why is this just happening when I rip audiobooks? I've never had one single issue with music CDs. I'm baffled. Are audiobooks recorded a different way?
I just downloaded Exact Audio Copy and ripped my latest book to WAV file. I added it to itunes that way and I'll see if it works on my next drive.
BACKSTORY:
I have a couple thousand music CDs from years of collecting. Even to this day, I'll buy a CD over downloading. I have always used Windows Media Player to rip MP3s. For the most part, they're all 320kbps and I have had zero issues using the MP3 files in itunes, Plex, amazon music, etc.
Within the last year, I've taken a job that requires a fair amount of driving. I decided to purchase a couple audiobooks to pass the time. My initial purchase was three off of ebay. I ripped them as I would any music CD. The only problem was that several tracks (usually ones towards the end of the CD) came out scratchy and sounded like a record skipping to the point that they were unplayable in certain spots. After discovering this while on the road, I figued it must be the used disks. When I got back home, I found that they looked brand new. And, after purchasing several new audiobooks, they too had the same problem, in the same general area (on tracks towards the end of the disk). It doesn't matter which burner I use either.
So, why is this just happening when I rip audiobooks? I've never had one single issue with music CDs. I'm baffled. Are audiobooks recorded a different way?
I just downloaded Exact Audio Copy and ripped my latest book to WAV file. I added it to itunes that way and I'll see if it works on my next drive.
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