Using EAC To Backup Audio CD - Club CDFreaks

DreDay · 27-05-2003

I want to make duplicates of my audio CD's. What's the best way?

Tools > Copy CD

or

Action > Copy Image And Create Cue Sheet > Uncompressed

What's the difference between the two? Thanks for your help.

Tremo · 29-05-2003

I just use the Copy CD tool to back up my discs.

Definitely with EAC's secure mode.

Pio2001 · 29-05-2003

"copy CD" is an automated option performing a "copy image and create cuesheet" + burning.

little-endian · 04-06-2003

Yes,
and to create such a cuesheet, EAC first detects the "Pre-Track Gaps" of disc.
Because its detection method isn't always accurate, I prefer to detect the pregaps manually first (Action --> Detect Gaps or just 'F4').
If something goes wrong, I know it before the cuesheet will be created.
Fortunately, EAC is smart enough not to check the gaps again before copying.

BTW: If you want to make sure, that all indices in your cuesheet are correct, you can use CloneCD to generate the cuefile (of course, audio sub-reading has to be enabled). CDRWIN will do the same, if you use its 'Subcode analysis' feature.
This takes much more time, but is also much more accurate

To get the offset-corrected audio-image, just select 'Action --> Copy range' in EAC.

27-05-2003	#1 (permalink)
DreDay New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 24	Using EAC To Backup Audio CD <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I want to make duplicates of my audio CD's. What's the best way? Tools > Copy CD or Action > Copy Image And Create Cue Sheet > Uncompressed What's the difference between the two? Thanks for your help.

29-05-2003	#2 (permalink)
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Pio2001 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 364	"copy CD" is an automated option performing a "copy image and create cuesheet" + burning. __________________ No, I don't want to install Flash Player 6 !!

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little-endian CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 280	Yes, and to create such a cuesheet, EAC first detects the "Pre-Track Gaps" of disc. Because its detection method isn't always accurate, I prefer to detect the pregaps manually first (Action --> Detect Gaps or just 'F4'). If something goes wrong, I know it before the cuesheet will be created. Fortunately, EAC is smart enough not to check the gaps again before copying. BTW: If you want to make sure, that all indices in your cuesheet are correct, you can use CloneCD to generate the cuefile (of course, audio sub-reading has to be enabled). CDRWIN will do the same, if you use its 'Subcode analysis' feature. This takes much more time, but is also much more accurate To get the offset-corrected audio-image, just select 'Action --> Copy range' in EAC.