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NetDef wrote:

One recommended step before we proceed: Turn Windows AutoPlay off! If you’re working in assembly-line mode ripping CD’s, having to close the default music player every time you insert another CD in the drive is . . . sub-optimal. (In Windows 10: Settings > Devices > AutoPlay: Turn off: Use Autoplay for all media and devices. Also select Take no action for both options below that.)

One final step for the installation. We’re going to calibrate FooBar to the offset for your CD drive.

Place a clean, preferably new, and unscratched studio produced music CD into your tray. (Don’t use a burned CD-R or a DVD for this step.)

In FooBar2000 click (in the toolbar) File > Open > Open Audio CD > Drive Settings Button.

In the Drive Settings dialog box, there is a tiny button labeled Detect inside the entry field box for Read offset correction. Click that . . . and it should pre-populate a number. Click OK.

Note: at this point, on Windows, depending on your security settings you may see a Windows Firewall security dialog pop up asking if you want to allow access to the internet for FooBar2000. If you want the upcoming automation features regarding automatic tagging to work, you should allow access.

There are other settings here that you should be able to leave at default. But for some drives, and some old CD’s you may need to enable drive security.

The Drive Security setting will greatly slow the ripping process – but will increase accuracy on hard to read CD’s. Same answer for the limit speed setting. For more information refer to the Wiki for FooBar2000 at http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Ripping_CDs#Drive_settings

Next post: Configuring presets for ripping (so we don’t have to do this for every CD)

In setting up the Read offset correction, I get “AccurateRip drive offset query failure: Drive not present in the database.

Just go with the default 0?