Never had that problem... but it sounds like maybe you're running some programs that are heavy on CPU while you're listening. Or the mp3 wasn't written properly on your HD... Or, check your output plugin settings (if you're using winamp - I assume you do cause everyone does) - enable hw acceleration or something...

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Probably a jitter problem or other reading error. Clean the CD very well and try to rip it again. You may also need to lower the drive read speed.

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not running any programs at all while listening or ripping. You're right about the MP3 not writing properly - that's the problem -it never does! I've used iTunes, Real Player and Windows Media Player with which to rip the tracks but it does the same thing in all of them. I would rip the tracks, hear the glitches in certain places in the tracks - rip them for the second time and hear the glitches in different places in the tracks! It's very strange.

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Probably a jitter problem or other reading error. Clean the CD very well and try to rip it again. You may also need to lower the drive read speed.

Thank you for your reply.

The CD is perfect - not a mark on it. I'll try to lower the read speed and let you know how it goes.

Unfortunately it's nothing to do with the speed. It seems to be something in the actual frequency of the the tracks - there's something in it that the reader doesn't like. I listened to the tracks (before ripping) in WMP and the glitches appear there too! Just looks like I'm going to have to do without ripping them.

Another idea just came into my head:

Try CDex, it can repair some of the read errors, so that you won't hear them in the output file. But rip to WAV first, see if the gliches are there and encode using LAME (I recommend RazorLame for it - it's a fronted for Lame).
About that write problems - check if your hd/drive has DMA transfer mode enabled.
And you can never be sure if the CD is all right unless you check it on another drive. Different drives handle them differently sometimes, and if one drive can't read the disc, maybe another will...

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Originally posted by Quinders the glitches appear there too

Maybe it's the soundcard itself/drivers problem then. Reinstall the drivers and if that won't help you might try to put soundcard into different slot on your mainboard.

Also if you have two soundcards (one integrated) try ripping on that integrated.

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Thanks a million for the advice.

Yeah I don't think it's the CD but I have tried ripping other tracks and they're okay - though the CD plays perfectly on my CD player. I have not got another drive unfortunately. The soundcard is definately not the problem as every other track on my harddrive plays perfectly and it seems okay when producing.

I'll give CDex a go and see how that fares. Cheers.

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Try CDex, it can repair some of the read errors, so that you won't hear them in the output file

Excellent! I've just used CDex to extract the two tracks to an MPEG file and they are absolutely perfect! Not a jitter in sight. This is a great program - very easy to use and I'll be using it for every track I rip from a CD from now on. Great, knowledgeable advice Honzi. I owe you one.

CDex doesn't allow you to slow the read speed down though, does it? If I have a troublesome CD, I use Easy CD-DA Extractor, as it lets you slow the speed down where CDex would otherwise give errors, or "attempt" to correct them.

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