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I don't have the equipment for this, but it might not be needed. The disc has writing that goes "through" the top cover, such that you can read the text by holding the disc up to a normal lightbulb.

The text is across the entire diameter and I don't know why it would cause problems for only this track. Possibly the shape of the text?

edit: photo https://i.imgur.com/fdtAAPG.jpg



That could be an area with insufficient contrast, a similar problem that early drives had when CD-Rs started appearing. In that case I would've tried a mirror or black pad (about the only thing those audiophile "disc mats" are good for...) on the top, to shift the offset level.

Note that CD uses 780nm infrared so what the human eye sees is not necessarily what the drive sees --- this is why "transparent" or "black" CDs work.


Have you tried to overcome the issue with putting some reflective or non-reflective sticker over that text?




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