Stuff gets added to their database all the time. I have an original 1986 of Peter Gabriel's "So" that no software or hardware would read without errors. None of them were audible, but it still bothered me. I tried multiple times over the years to get CueTools to repair the files, but it always said it didn't have that particular edition...until one day when it suddenly did.
It's black magic, as far as I'm concerned. It was the source of Shower Thoughts the other day, just wondering how on earth it works. Clearly they aren't being sent your entire CD every time you rip one, so how is their system able to spot and repair issues?
“So” is such a common disc I am surprised you bothered with it, and that cut tools took so long to get the discs into their database servers.
Mystery to me too. It must be phoning home every error and sending back the corrected bits on-the-fly. Which would suggest that it works best with strong and fast internet connection. That it cannot work without that connection?
But my large batch of rips with potential errors are all modern classical CDs which are the rarest types of discs out there in general. I sold off a friend’s collection about 8 years ago. I burned a CD-R copy of each and every disc, about 1,275 total. 50% of the discs were Sony blanks. 45% of those Sony discs burned with some errors baked into them.
At the time accurateRip did not have many of these discs in their database. And not very many if the discs had tagging meta available either. So I thought I was wise to burn copies and rip everything later - like in a few years meta and album art would be in the databases, it’s best to wait to rip unless o want to do a ton of tagging by hand and have no artwork with my FLACs.
I was correct that by waiting - meta did materialize and accurateRip did indeed get hip to these titles. But my 20% of discs with some type of error is a bit of a heartbreak. These CDs were very in demand on Amazon. Fancy import labels, small run titles, exotic (but not unknown) composers and pieces. Many $35 to $75 discs with $25 the average. I was living that daily cash flow there during “economic downturn” hard times.
I used two different burners which may have helped in some cases. But those Sony discs were horrible and I read further up on that loser brand. Where my Philips labeled “bargain” priced discs came through 100% of the time.
The only good news is that I saved all of these discs in those 100pc spindle packs and if cue tools can work out the problems - ibwiyle be willing to re-rip everything again. In fact - the Sony discs in general I did not fully completely rip. I got disgusted with the (modern classical) ripping project and never finished it.
So I’m all-ears and all open to hear about this miracle cure for “burned in” CD errors.