[2.4.0.0] Audio cue sheet missing some ISRC tags

[Pestam]

Here's the cue sheet as created by EAC:

 

REM GENRE Jazz-Rock
REM DATE 1971
REM DISCID 6B0AEB08
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
CATALOG 5099706552321
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
TITLE "The Inner Mounting Flame"
FILE "Mahavishnu Orchestra - 1971 - The Inner Mounting Flame.wav" WAVE
 TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Meeting of the Spirits"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100304
INDEX 01 00:00:00
 TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Dawn"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100305
INDEX 00 06:52:25
INDEX 01 06:53:47
 TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Noonward Race"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100306
INDEX 00 12:04:12
INDEX 01 12:05:35
 TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "A Lotus on Irish Streams"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100307
INDEX 00 18:33:70
INDEX 01 18:35:17
 TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Vital Transformation"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100308
INDEX 00 24:15:20
INDEX 01 24:16:42
 TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "The Dance of Maya"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100309
INDEX 00 30:32:62
INDEX 01 30:34:10
 TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "You Know, You Know"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100310
INDEX 00 37:51:22
INDEX 01 37:52:42
 TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Awakening"
PERFORMER "Mahavishnu Orchestra"
ISRC USSM17100311
INDEX 00 43:00:47
INDEX 01 43:01:67

 

And here's ImgBurn's cue sheet:

 

CATALOG 5099706552321
FILE "Image.wav" WAVE
 TRACK 01 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100304
INDEX 01 00:00:00
 TRACK 02 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100305
INDEX 00 06:52:25
INDEX 01 06:53:47
 TRACK 03 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100306
INDEX 00 12:04:12
INDEX 01 12:05:35
 TRACK 04 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100307
INDEX 00 18:33:70
INDEX 01 18:35:17
 TRACK 05 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100308
INDEX 00 24:15:20
INDEX 01 24:16:42
 TRACK 06 AUDIO
ISRC USSM17100309
INDEX 00 30:32:62
INDEX 01 30:34:10
 TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 00 37:51:22
INDEX 01 37:52:42
 TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 00 43:00:47
INDEX 01 43:01:67

 

My drive is a "_NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG" firmware version 2.1B. The first cue sheet was created using this drive, too.

 

Then I tried it with a "TOSHIBA CD/DVDW SD-R5372" (firmware: TU56). This drive was able to read the last two track's ISRCs with ImgBurn.

 

NEC

EAC: all 8 track's ISRCs

IB: only first 6 track's ISRCs

 

Toshiba

EAC: all 8 track's ISRCs

IB: all 8 track's ISRCs

[LIGHTNING UK!]

That's the drives issue really. It's just 1 command to read the ISRC code from a given track, if it doesn't report one then there's not much I can do about it.

 

I haven't messed around with workarounds for buggy drives. EAC has been going for years and so probably has.

 

I'll see what I can do to improve things though. Thanks for reporting it.

[Pestam]

Yeah, maybe Andre Wiethoff can help you out.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I wonder if it's not just filling in the blanks using freedb info or something?

 

I've just plugged my 3500 back in and EAC doesn't appear to be doing anything special.

 

Even ejecting and reinserting the disc can make that drive return different ISRC info.