Problems copying CDs on Mac

Nilfennasion · Posted: Jul 02, 2009 21:37

Okay, I know this is not a video question as such, and it is frankly embarrassing, but I have run out of places to look for information.

Recently, my pa's collection of CD-R copies of the CDs I own was stolen out of his garage, and he has tasked me with burning new CD-R copies. No problem, I thought, I will just do them on the Mac. But after trying to rip and burn copies of CDs under Toast 9 and Toast 10, a weird little problem has occurred. It is difficult to describe without confusing myself, so if the following does not make sense, let me know and I will try again.

Essentially, copies made under Toast 9 or 10 have track duplication/replacement. As an example, if one album has 11 tracks, tracks 1 through 7 and 9 through 11 might be fine. But track 8 will end up being a repeat of track 7. If track 7 is shorter than what track 8 should be, then it will be a complete duplicate of track 7 with what track 8 *should* contain filling out the rest of the space. Or if track 8 is shorter than track 7, then one will simply get a repeat of track 7 that cuts off early.

Attempting to use other CD burning programs has not yielded any joy, either. ExpressBurn, Disco, or even OS X's built-in disc copy software have all resulted in discs with either this track duplication, or with read errors so severe that the Mac's internal drive just spits them out. I am burning with a DRX-S70U-R external drive, but other than that, I cannot think of any reason why I am having so much trouble.
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lordsmurf · Posted: Jul 02, 2009 22:11

ISO Puzzle in Windows. Try that.
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Nilfennasion · Posted: Jul 03, 2009 05:46

1) I do not run Windows.

2) My problem has nothing to do with bad sectors. In fact, this problem occurs when copying CDs that are absolutely brand-new. The problem is only apparent when listening to the CD-R copy, and occurs seemingly at random.
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ffooky · Member Joined: 26 May 2005 Location: UK

I'd suggest ripping audio CDs with XLD. Make sure you enable updating in the preferences as the GUI version linked on the webpage is pretty old. If you rip to WAV with a cue sheet I believe LiquidCD will burn an 'exact' copy.