EAC Users... ripping speed?

[Dulanic]

I just started using EAC is secure mode.... and it only rips at 2.5X????? Thats insanely slow... I used to use MMJB and it ripped at 40X.... even using EAC in speed mode it only rips at 6X mode... why is this SOOO slow for me?

What are others getting speed wise?
I have a 16X LTD-163D DVD drive
AMD Athlon XP 1600 @ 1.83Ghz
512 MB PC3200

 

[DaveSimmons]

EAC will always be slower, but more accurate. On my Asus 50X CD in secure it starts at 5-6X and gets up to uh, 10-12? I forget since I'm never watching it at the end, I have auto-eject turned on to tell me it's done.

It's much much more reliable than MusicMatch 5 was though, and unlike MMJB5 it tells me about any read errors.

I'd rather rip accurately at 6x than crapurately at 20x. If you're ripping a lot of CDs you might try picking up the Asus just for ripping, mine is faster and better at reading through correctable errors than the Liteon 16x I used at first.

 

[PrincessGuard]

Toshiba 1502 16x DVD:

8x (secure mode: no caching, accurate stream, using C2 error correction)
2x (fast mode)
8x (burst mode)

 

[Dulanic]

Welll.... 2.5X still seems way too slow, considering CDSpeed tests show the Lite-On 16X DVD to be the fastest DAE drive on the market besides the TrueX drives. I had very few problems with MMJB.... so for 20 times slower.... EAC doesnt seem worth it.

 

[Sid59]

EAC reads each sector. If the second read doesn't match the first read, it keeps reading until it gets matching reads and then moves on. This is why its so slow and it's also the reason why it's called EXACT AUDIO COPY. Cause it's an exact audio copy. If the reads don't match after a certain amount of attempts, it' moves on and writes a file to tell you where it didn't match.

Plex4012A - Secure mode | Accurate stream, Drive Cache = ON .. C2 OFF

if you don't have Accurate Stream and Drive Cache ON, you are not getting EAC to rip in secure mode, even if you have the SECURE MODE checked. Those two boxes are essential in reading every bit so they are matching.

with that said ..

Secure mode : average 10-12x, starts out at about 5-6 and warms up ..
Burst mode: all the way up to around 30x or so.


I also have a 2nd pc which has a crappy LG drive and it rips secure at like 3-5x.

My rips are generally fast but i also write a log of everything and in the log it writes TEST CRC and COPY CRC of the wav. So, in effect, it reads every bit twice to match and twice again to make sure the CRCS match for the entire wav.

After the rip, it's off to LAME3.92 --alt-preset standard

 

[Dulanic]

Well I flashed my Lite-On 163D to a 163 without caching and it helped alot.... turning on C2 helped alot too.... now I go from about 9X up to about 17X.