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Dang . . . . T-bird and MP3 encoding . . .

XMan

XMan

Lifer
I just realized I have never used Audio Catalyst since I got my T-bird 1GHz and My Plextor 40X.

So I got out my Bob and Tom CD collection and proceeded to rip away . . .

Krikey! 24X DAE; and encoding of 5-minute songs in 15 seconds . . .

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. 😀
 
u know that its not the tbird thats helping you, its the freaking ULTRAPLEX!!! its awesome!

The UltraPlex is responsible for the DAE - I'm not sure how it's helping my CPU compile WAVs into MP3, though. 😉
 
are u being sarcastic? tbird isnt a big factor in ripping. its down the cdrom. u get a truex u will go faster. ur cpu isnt the bottle neck. but i guess it helps, but tahts not what sets it apart from other systems ripping speed. its the ultraplex.
 


<< u know that its not the tbird thats helping you, its the freaking ULTRAPLEX!!! its awesome!

The UltraPlex is responsible for the DAE - I'm not sure how it's helping my CPU compile WAVs into MP3, though. 😉 >>




ah nevermind. =) i was taling about the plextor. cpu is cpu. cpu isnt a big factor in ripping. when we want to get a good dae speed, we dont look to get a better processor,but b etter cdrom
 
That's exactly what we said - DAE = ripping. The CD drive is completely responsible there.

But once the song is ripped from the CD, the onus is on the CPU to convert it from .WAV format to a .MP3 format. For a five minute song (~50MB), it takes about 15 seconds. Conversely, it took about four times as long on my Athlon Classic.
 
When I encode mp3's my 1.2 Athlon is definately the bottleneck. I encode using LAME with the variable bitrate setting. I am lucky if I can encode a CD in 15 minutes whereas ripping takes MUCH less time. But in the end it is worth is to use VBR encoding. You do get true CD quality sound.
 


<< When I encode mp3's my 1.2 Athlon is definately the bottleneck. I encode using LAME with the variable bitrate setting. I am lucky if I can encode a CD in 15 minutes whereas ripping takes MUCH less time. But in the end it is worth is to use VBR encoding. You do get true CD quality sound. >>




=( i meant if u were doing on the fly. if it was like that, of course.. cpu. oh well. i would have to assume its a 1.0+tb to say that. [on the fly] certainly a 500mhz cpu couldnt keep up a 24x dae speed. could it?
 
Now put Audiocatalyst aside for a second and throw a REAL encoder like LAME at her, I'll take a dozen if she can encode songs in 15 seconds then.

😉

My poor box is taking 7 hours to do the audio for a 2.5 hour divx on LAME 3.88b, but I'd say the quality is well worth it...T-bird's do fly at MP3 encoding though. I get a 40x DAE with my Yamaha drive ripping, so it can beat the processor now and then.
 
Now put Audiocatalyst aside for a second and throw a REAL encoder like LAME at her, I'll take a dozen if she can encode songs in 15 seconds then.

Hmm . . . nah. I bought AC, I like it, it works for me. I rip at 256K, and the sound quality is perfect as far as I can tell. I don't do simultaneous encoding; I can wait an extra 10-20 seconds. 😉
 
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