FiremanJoe Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I've been using EAC for a while now, and a few times I've noticed that the first track of a CD is in red, rather than black. I'm lead to believe this means there is a hidden track before track 1- if this is the case, how do I go about ripping it? A quick google search and looking at the EAC FAQ didn't seem to tell me anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I think you do it with Action > Copy Range ... , but IIRC I've tried it a couple times and it always made the system hang for some reason. And yes, there is a hidden track there. You can access it in a regular CD player by rewinding past the start of the first track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 Hmm.. any further detail on this? I don't seem to be able to work out how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I'm lead to believe this means there is a hidden track before track 1 Had no idea such a thing ever occurred... can you remember the specific CDs for which this was the case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 Had no idea such a thing ever occurred... can you remember the specific CDs for which this was the case? Here's a list of albums with such a feature. I have Hybrid - I Choose Noise Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf and I'm about to buy Hilltop Hoods - Left Foot, Right Foot; The Calling; The Hard Road Opeth - Ghost Reveries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Hmm.. any further detail on this? I don't seem to be able to work out how to do it. In the file menu, Action > Copy Range > Compressed (or Uncompressed) brings up a window with two sliders that cover the entire length of the CD. One sets the start for the rip, the other sets the end. At the very left side of the sliders' range, the "Relative timepos" field will be a negative number. That's the pregap stuff, so set the start slider all the way left and the end slider where negative becomes positive, then hit okay. Like I said, this makes my system hang. I just did a quick Google on it, and some drives (mine apparently included) can't read this pregap stuff. If yours can't either, I guess the simplest thing to do would be a line-in recording from a regular CD player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 In the file menu, Action > Copy Range > Compressed (or Uncompressed) brings up a window with two sliders that cover the entire length of the CD. One sets the start for the rip, the other sets the end.At the very left side of the sliders' range, the "Relative timepos" field will be a negative number. That's the pregap stuff, so set the start slider all the way left and the end slider where negative becomes positive, then hit okay. Like I said, this makes my system hang. I just did a quick Google on it, and some drives (mine apparently included) can't read this pregap stuff. If yours can't either, I guess the simplest thing to do would be a line-in recording from a regular CD player. Ah thanks! It worked. =D I'll just cut the couple of seconds silence off the end of the .wav, then convert to .mp3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Huh... now, how can you do it on Easy CD-DA Extractor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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