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Old 04-23-2011, 07:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lord of Sushi View Post
I'm going to my library tomorrow, and I'm thinking about getting a few CDs. I plan to also rip said CDs to my hard drive.

However, with the CDs coming from a library, there will most likely be scratches on them. Will this have any effect on the mp3s I'll get (distortion, glitchy audio, etc)?

I'm just curious because I've really only ripped 2 CDs before.
Scratches won't affect the quality of the music. If the integrity of the data on the disc is compromised, the song(s) simply won't be read and will error out for that portion of the disc.
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