Making Pristine Copies Temp

Normally when you burn a disc, the source audio comes from some compressed format. Using typical settings, this means an (optionally zipped) MP3 file. Audiophiles will of course wish to create copies of their discs with all the fidelity of the uncompressed audio from the original disc. It's simple to do this with kJams. When you rip a disc, the original, uncompressed audio, direct from the disc, is stored in the cache. (The MP3 file is then created from this uncompressed cache). Typically this cache gets cleared out to make room for more recent songs that you play (which are decompressed from the MP3 files), so what you want to do is burn your copy immediately after you rip your disc. If you want to make a pristine compilation, just re-rip from the original discs each song you want in your compilation, then burn your new disc.

1. Clear your cache
   1. Go to Edit → Preferences → Audio.
   2. Press the clear button a few times. (Yes, a few times).
   3. If you've recently burned a disc, the size may not go to zero. this is fine.
2. Set your cache size to be greater than the number of songs you plan to burn. For example, if you think you'll fit 18 songs on the disc, make sure the cache size is at least 19.
3. Re-rip the songs you want to burn pristine copies of. This copies the original, uncompressed audio into the cache, ready for burning.
4. Make a playlist of the compilation. If you are copying a single disc and you have the Create Playlists of Imported Songs turned on, you can use the playlist that was just created. Make sure you first rename the playlist to the proper disc name before burning.
5. Select the playlist
6. Open the Activity window. (Window → Activity)
7. Press the burn button once.

At this point, watch the Activity window closely. It should immediately say "assembling bin/cue file". If instead it says "Unpacking song" and/or "Writing CDG to Cache," then a step was missed and you may be getting compressed audio. If so, press the stop sign and check your steps. Otherwise, the bin/cue assembly will complete and then you'll burn a pristine disc using uncompressed audio.