Dreamcast Guides : Ripping Audio CD Extra's

The only program capable of creating 100% correct images of audio tracks is ExactAudioCopy. It's the only one capable of adjusting the offset correction when reading audio data.
Setting up EAC

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      Start EAC (with no disc in drive, otherwise it might crash)
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      Cancel the configuration wizard (if there is one)
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      Select the drive you want to use for ripping in the combobox
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      Open the EAC Options (EAC → EAC Options or press F9)
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      Select the 'Tools' tab and deselect beginner mode (see screenshot)
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      Open the drive options (EAC → Drive Options or press F10)
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      Select the first tab ('Extraction Method') and click on 'Detect Read Features' (see screenshot)
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      EAC should now start detecting the features of your drive
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      Select 'Secure Mode' (on the same tab)
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      Click on the tab 'Gap Detection' and set the detection accuracy to 'Secure'
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      Set the Gap/Index retrival method to 'Method A'. If you have problems detecting the gap, try changing to B or C (see 'Ripping the audio tracks')
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      Go to http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/eac3.html and scroll down to the list of audio cds. Search some you have and insert one into your drive
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      Change to the 'Offset / Speed' tab and enable 'overread into lead-in and lead-out'.
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      Click on 'Detect read sample offset correction' (see screenshot)
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      EAC tries to recognize the cd now according to its database. If it says 'CD not found in database', try another until EAC finds one. This Step is very important, you cannot create exact audio rips without offset correction!
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      If you cannot set your offset correction using the above method, go to http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm and use the offset given there for your drive (if listed). PLEASE only use this list if the above fails for you however.

The above steps have to be done only once.
Ripping audio tracks with EAC

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      Insert the CD you want to rip
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      Press F4 (or select Action → Detect Gaps)
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      EAC will now detect gaps between the tracks (if there are any)
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      Select Action → Append gaps to next track
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      Select the tracks you want to rip
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      Press F6 (or select Action → Test & Copy selected tracks → uncompressed from the menu)
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      Select a directory to rip the files to and press ok
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      EAC will now start ripping the selected tracks
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      Keep attention on the Read and Write CRC columns, they have to show equal CRC numbers, if something went wrong you have to rip the tracks that show an '#' in the Write CRC column again until the CRC is the same.
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      After extracting, create a cuesheet. Do this by selecting Action → Create CUESheet → Current Gap Settings.

Congratulations, you have successfully ripped a cd in the best possible way!