[Slowhand] Re: EAC

[ToeKneeF]

OK, I know I have a generally available copy of EAC, not the sooper 
sekrit one with all the really neat features and gizmos, and I have 
always used it to burn! I have V0.9 prebeta 7......never upgraded, cause 
I never had to....this one works well for me.....and right there, on the 
menu line under tools, is a selection for COPY CD. Why extract and burn 
when you can just copy and make an Exact Audio Copy. Extracting and 
burning introduces changes due to the different way burning programs 
operate. Before burning, you can test a disc for gaps and eliminate them 
if detected.

I read Delta Nick's tale of woe regarding his upgrade experience with a 
smile, because I recognized myself in that scenario. I have used and 
continue to use Adaptec's Easy CD Creator 4 (V4.02e) with no problems. 
It was  basic program for burning discs. I don't use the EZ CD feature 
'cause its crap, but manually create a disc. When Roxio (same as 
Adaptec) came out with Easy CD Creator 5 - Platinum, I dutifully bought 
like a faithful consumer drone. It promised a slew of great new 
features. And yes, it did have some great new features but, like 
Microsoft's Software, it was definitely showing signs of feature bloat. 
Unfortunately, there were problems with this software. Completely 
undocumented was the fact that Roxio supported some record company 
copy-protection schemes. There were entire CDs I could not copy. I would 
have to extract to .wav then burn! NOT ACCEPTABLE! I had been able to 
copy these same CDs using V4! I uninstalled Roxio from my computer and 
reinstalled ECC 4. Sometimes, we hav to buck the trend and not 
automatically upgrade. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I always 
remember this experience when researching any upgrade decision......T
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