CD-Ripping speeds

[psy44]

I have a really crappy computer, 200 mhz pII. I rip a CD at about 1x. If I get a new cd-rom can I at least get 20x or is my processor too slow?

 

[ProviaFan]

You should be able to rip faster (as in EAC, which rips only and then optionally encodes later), but still the speed of encoding will be the same. Windows Media Player 7 and up encode while they rip, so if you use that software (shame on you!), you probably won't notice much difference.

Edit: Exact Audio Copy ensures the best rip possible by using several techniques to make sure you get as best of a bit-for-bit copy of a CD as you can. For me, it has even ripped CDs that had lots of tiny scratches (they were for a friend, and he doesn't take care of his CDs like I do ) with relative perfection (there are a few small errors, of course, but for the most part it sounded good). Anyway, if you're getting tired of me singing the praises of this wonderful program, just go over to the Exact Audio Copy website and download it. Now.

 

[Lord Evermore]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as a P2/200.

You can definitely save some of your own time by using EAC to rip the CD's to wav files, then queue up several CDs-worth of wav files to be converted to MP3 while you're asleep or something. Of course, a faster CDROM drive could speed up the ripping to wav files as well, since I presume you've only got like an 8X or maybe 16X drive.

 

[zephyrprime]

You know, you could probably get a much better PII or older PIII on ebay for like $10-$20.