[Lvlug] verifying copied cd's

Randy Kramer rhkramer@fast.net
Sat, 11 May 2002 09:57:21 -0400


Linc Fessenden wrote:
> Maybe not - you may not be dropping enough bits in the right places to
> make a difference *yet*.

I hear what you're saying, but if two copies have the same md5sum, I
haven't dropped any bits between them.  

Oh, wait, maybe that's not totally true -- is there some error
correction built into a data CD format, such that a few bits of error
might be corrected before the bytes get to the md5sum program?

I forget (or never thoroughly knew ;-) -- is there error correction
built into the audio CD format, the digital CD format, or both?   And,
does it depend on things like the specific format -- Joliet or ISO 9660
or ???

Randy Kramer