CD Audio Files Comparrison Utility.

Hi,

Does anyone know of a utility that will accurately compare all of the Audio CDA files on two identical Audio CD's?

Thanks.

 

Hmm, I thought that taking a look at the CD's properties would be the answer, but audio CD's show 0 bytes.

How about looking at the contents in Windows Media Player? If both CD's have the same number of tracks, the same times, and the same names, would that be sufficient? Or am I missing the problem?

 

The problem would be that if all files on one CD were perfect , and one CD had a file audio glitch, but were ostensibly identical. You would not know, without having to listen to both CD's all the way through, unless you had a program that would identify the one with a glitch. I don't have the time, nor the inclination to listen to all of the CD's once burned.

I am preserving old LP's & Tapes, & making copies for other family members, & listening to them as I record them into the computer & listening to the CD's I make for myself, is enough, without having to listen to the aditional copies after they are burned to make sure each burn was good.

I know the burn programs say that the burn was completed sucessfully, but that is no guarantee. I have listened to such successful burns & sometiomes there would be audio glitches.

I just need a program to veryfy that the additional copy is in fact identical to the good copy, if there is such a thing.

 

That is one tall order. If you find such a program, please let everybody here know about it.

The other night I was listening to a CD copy of "West Side Story" (I had given the original to my son). About 3/4 of the way thru, I was greeted with about 30 seconds of "thump, thump, thump ". Well, I'll just have to live with it. I have no idea how it happened, what it was, what to do about it, or how I could have known about it.

Copying from an LP (or God forsake, a 78 rpm), is even gamier. If in doubt, copy at the lowest possible speed (even 2x). This will maximize your chances of a successful reproduction.

 

Guess I am just asking for too much. LOL

I have a whole stack of old 78's, but absolutely nothing that will play them anymore. I do still have a working 33 1/3rpm turntable though. I record the LP's into the computer on a line in on the sound card as wav files, both on the LP's, & cassette tapes, remove as much of the LP pops, clicks, & tape noise with audio programs as I can, then burn them to CD's from the hard drive. It's not often that I get a bad burn, but it would be nice to be able to determine a bad one without having to listen to it. As anyone who has done this sort of thing can attest to, listening to the songs several times each gets very annoying. When you have as many tapes & Cassettes as we do, it becomes a very big job.

If I find such a prog, I will definitely let ya know, but I have my doubts. I've searched on several sites, & have come up with nothing remotely close.

I just thought someone out there might know of one.

Thanks for your interest though.