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Date:      Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:14:59 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
Cc:        Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: backport of atapi-cd to -STABLE 
Message-ID:  <199809232014.NAA03628@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:25:41 EDT." <199809231826.OAA12519@Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us> 

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> Jitter correction is for the crappy (older) CD-ROMs.. Some sort of a thing
> about the lens jittering during use that can cause problems with generating
> files in RAW mode.
> 
> Basically, it removes the problem.. I don't know the logistics of the code
> or anything, but it doesnt seem to make problems with my newer scsi drives
> to just 'leave it enabled'.. 

Jitter correction has to do with fixing up the raw audio data, it has 
nothing to do with the digital side of things.  "len jitter" wouldn't 
affect the audio data - when a bit comes off the disk it's either a 1 
or a 0, and it either passes the DRS check or it's fixed if it's wrong.

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