MP3 Ripping Speed

[Afro000Dude]

I was just trying to rip a couple cd's and was wondering if 15 min per cd is normal. I thought it was pretty slow, and considering I have 10 more to burn...

I'm using CDex 1.40 w/ 32x drive ripping to 192 kb/s. Are there any settings to change to make it go faster or am I just SOL?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

need more info on your current setup..OS(updates..?), system configuration(mobo,ram-amt and type,etc.) ..good luck

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Afro000Dude
I was just trying to rip a couple cd's and was wondering if 15 min per cd is normal. I thought it was pretty slow, and considering I have 10 more to burn...

I'm using CDex 1.40 w/ 32x drive ripping to 192 kb/s. Are there any settings to change to make it go faster or am I just SOL?

that's to rip and encode? .. 10 more to rip and encode or burn?

 

[Afro000Dude]

Just on the fly mp3 encoding from cd.

W98, 1.6A@2.4, 256 mb pc2100

Was wondering because I remember reading a review a while back of the 3.06 and one of the benchmarks was mp3 encoding... 200-some seconds for a full cd. Was thinking I could at least get 6-7 min per cd.

 

[Sid59]

well .. encoding mp3 is CPU intesive .. if you think it's still too slow, upgrade.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

That's a long time ... you gotta remember about those benchmarks that they start with the .wavs already on the harddrive.

/me can rip an 80-minute in about 10 minutes or so with EAC+LAME

- M4H

 

[DaveSimmons]

> me can rip an 80-minute in about 10 minutes or so with EAC+LAME

About the same here, but to FLAC not MP3. EAC rip speed starts around 5-6x and rises to 10-12x on the outer tracks. My music server is a celeron 1.3a / Win2K server / Asus 50x CDROM.

 

[Afro000Dude]

So then a 48 min. cd should not take 15 min, right? Is it the program? Should I try EAC?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Afro000Dude
So then a 48 min. cd should not take 15 min, right? Is it the program? Should I try EAC?

you gonan go slower in EAC if you choose secure mode.

 

[igowerf]

Maybe your CD-ROM drive is just bad at ripping. My Lite-On 24x burner could rip incredibly fast, but my laptop DVD drive takes forever. I also use CDex + Lame@192.

 

[Afro000Dude]

Tried EAC - Faster in secure mode than CDex before, but still 13 min for a 43 min cd.

EDIT: Enabling DMA for the drive doesn't help either. Maybe it is just bad at ripping.

 

[0roo0roo]

well theres quality ripping with quality encoding at the price of a little speed, or cr@p encoding at insane speeds

EAC + lame !

 

[lung]

It depends alot on your drive that you are using to rip. My Yamaha will rip a 80 minute cd in about 5 minutes. My roommate's Lg drive will do it in about 15 minutes. We are both using Audiograbber with the LAME codec. Although I am using a P41.6@2.4 and he is only using a P3 1Ghz.