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You should be fine with what you have dude, I rip cd's all the time and I have basically the same config. Just rip to WAV with EAC and encode with a lame batch encoder. Simple, effective, and sounds incredible.

And what brand is the HDD? If it's maxtor try out BoostMax, that speeds my drive up a little bit.
 
I think it's just CD-Rom bound. It can take a LOOOONG time to read a CD error-free, especially if there are scratches. On scratched CDs i've had it take 2 minutes to rip 1 second of audio in spots.
 
Originally posted by: Pudgygiant
You should be fine with what you have dude, I rip cd's all the time and I have basically the same config. Just rip to WAV with EAC and encode with a lame batch encoder. Simple, effective, and sounds incredible.

And what brand is the HDD? If it's maxtor try out BoostMax, that speeds my drive up a little bit.
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Have you read the entire thread? The problem NOW is I am unable to get my CD-RW into DMA mode, it is stuck in PIO (due to XP).....it's an issue with the VIA chipset I have and as of yet I haven't been able to find a fix.
 
Recent 4-in-1s require a reboot mid-install and then you run the installer again after reboot to finish it IIRC.
 
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
What program are you using to rip? I've tried the WinAmp 5 ripping feature and I only get 1.7x (does it matter that I'm doing 320Kbs bitrate?) which I guess is encoding and ripping. Is that slow?

2.4GHzC @ 3.0GHz
512 MB OCZ Gold PC3700 @ DCDDR500
80GB WD 8MB Cache
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WinAmp Pro or the standard? because standard is software limited to ~1.5-2x rips.

*edit*
I really should've read the thread fully first...
 
I don't think you can expect much more than 5x for EAC secure-mode ripping. Like others have said, it's gives you accuracy at the expense of speed. Have you detected the accurate stream and caching features of your drive?
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
I don't think you can expect much more than 5x for EAC secure-mode ripping. Like others have said, it's gives you accuracy at the expense of speed. Have you detected the accurate stream and caching features of your drive?
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Yes.......

at this point I'm not concerned about that..I'm occupied trying to get damn XP to see my CD-RW as DMA, NOT PIO.
 
you checked your BIOS (most likely by hitting delete at the beginning of the boot sequence) to make sure DMA is enabled?

The drive not showing up in Windows is really wierd. I've seen that happen from conflicts between XP and CD Recording software, especially packet writing stuff like DirectCD, InCD, or DLA, but never from installing IDE drivers. The way you fix it is by deleting or renaming the LowerFilters and UpperFilters registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and rebooting (Windows will automatically create new default values for these keys).

WARNING: If you delete or rename these values all your CD-Recording software will no longer work and will need to be reinstalled. They are basically the list of ASPI drivers that have been installed by your different recording utils.
 
Originally posted by: glugglug
you checked your BIOS (most likely by hitting delete at the beginning of the boot sequence) to make sure DMA is enabled?

The drive not showing up in Windows is really wierd. I've seen that happen from conflicts between XP and CD Recording software, especially packet writing stuff like DirectCD, InCD, or DLA, but never from installing IDE drivers. The way you fix it is by deleting or renaming the LowerFilters and UpperFilters registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and rebooting (Windows will automatically create new default values for these keys).

WARNING: If you delete or rename these values all your CD-Recording software will no longer work and will need to be reinstalled. They are basically the list of ASPI drivers that have been installed by your different recording utils.
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Got ya....

Yeah, I'm not the only one who has had this problem though.

Here is someone who used to be on the forums who tried just about everything I have tried-
"Ok, well.. I went to VIA's site and grabbed some miniport drivers and now the VIA "IDETOOL" detects the CDRW as running in DMA mode, but the CDRW won't show up in My Computer or Device Manager and scanning for new hardware does nothing. Also, in Device Manager, my PC now shows my HD and DVD-ROM as SCSI devices, but that doesn't matter much to me, figuring they still run well and are in their DMA modes.

So, it's in DMA mode, but now it's...just gone. Any ideas?"

Unfortunately, there was never a fix discussed and that person hasn't been to the forums in quite some time.

That's the same thing that happens when I install the VIA "IDE Tool".

I DID get the Hyperion 4n1's IDE Driver to be used by XP....but only for the "Master Bus"...the secondary and primary IDE channels are still using the orginal.

And yes, I did make sure that DMA was enabled in the bios.

Thanks for the help y'all!
 
afaik .. the Hyperion IDE drivers suck crap. a few of my friends have via chipsets and they can't stop complaining about them. One of my friends is really into ripping music and the speed is important. Good IDE drivers are essential to fast ripping. second, would be the drive itself. CPU, GPU, and Memory have little to do with the ripping process.

i don't use winamp5 but i would never ever pay for a program that slows down ripping/encoding in order for you to pay. ALOT of FREE programs that will do it much faster and depending on how much time you want to take, alot better quality.

optional rippers, EAC, CDEX, burner software, audiograbber
 
Originally posted by: Sid59
afaik .. the Hyperion IDE drivers suck crap. a few of my friends have via chipsets and they can't stop complaining about them. One of my friends is really into ripping music and the speed is important. Good IDE drivers are essential to fast ripping. second, would be the drive itself. CPU, GPU, and Memory have little to do with the ripping process.

i don't use winamp5 but i would never ever pay for a program that slows down ripping/encoding in order for you to pay. ALOT of FREE programs that will do it much faster and depending on how much time you want to take, alot better quality.

optional rippers, EAC, CDEX, burner software, audiograbber
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Yeah, the drive is supposed to be a good drive for this sort of thing. I bet it would kick ass if I could get it to run in DMA mode.

It's not the end of the world. Freaking, its ripping constantly at 6x, takes about 7-8 minutes to rip a cd (in EAC...I want them to be as perfect as possible). And it takes around 5 minutes to burn a cd. Good enough for now. 😛

 
Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
Originally posted by: Sid59
afaik .. the Hyperion IDE drivers suck crap. a few of my friends have via chipsets and they can't stop complaining about them. One of my friends is really into ripping music and the speed is important. Good IDE drivers are essential to fast ripping. second, would be the drive itself. CPU, GPU, and Memory have little to do with the ripping process.

i don't use winamp5 but i would never ever pay for a program that slows down ripping/encoding in order for you to pay. ALOT of FREE programs that will do it much faster and depending on how much time you want to take, alot better quality.

optional rippers, EAC, CDEX, burner software, audiograbber
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Yeah, the drive is supposed to be a good drive for this sort of thing. I bet it would kick ass if I could get it to run in DMA mode.

It's not the end of the world. Freaking, its ripping constantly at 6x, takes about 7-8 minutes to rip a cd (in EAC...I want them to be as perfect as possible). And it takes around 5 minutes to burn a cd. Good enough for now. 😛
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6x throughout the entire CD? not any faster or slower from the inner parts to the outter? 6x is really good. I use EAC > Test & Copy (only accept the wav if the crc's match) > no C2 correction

with my plex40x12x40 - i get 7x in the inner tracks and up to 13x on the outter sides
NEC1300A is faster - 8x - 14x

my other rig has a liteon 48x12x48 / 12x CD/DVD - 8x - 12x
 
Yeah, it goes between 5-6x.....inner and outer doesn't matter.

Just a bit of a bummer since my older computer with a 24x CDRW ripped faster. Oh well, it'll just take longer to rip my 200 cds. 🙂
 
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