If that's the case, wouldn't ripping the raw data first and converting at an appropriate time (and priority) be a smarter approach?<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/2/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Ladner</b> <<a href="mailto:eric.ladner@gmail.com">eric.ladner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Well, for that CPU, 6x ripping is about right. Remember that ripping<br>the CD isn't just about raw data transfer from the disk, it's got to
<br>be converted from cdda to mp3 in the process. If in doubt, install<br>grip and run that on the desktop. There you can see the transfer from<br>disk speed separate from the convert to mp3 speed. The second is by<br>
far the slowest link in the chain.<br><br>E<br><br>On 12/1/05, Ronald Wielink <<a href="mailto:ronald.mythtv@gmail.com">ronald.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Dear all,<br>> I've recently put together a setup with fairly decent specifications, see
<br>> below. As far as I can judge right now everything works ok. However, ripping<br>> CDs (to mp3) takes quite a while, about 10 minutes. I would say that at 48x<br>> speed this could be done much faster. Since I can't do much else with mythtv
<br>> during the ripping process I would like to configure things as much as<br>> possible for optimum speed.<br>><br>> Could someone please enlighten me how long riping an "average" CD would<br>> take?
<br>><br>> thanks in advance,<br>><br>> Ronald<br>><br>> Here are my specs:<br>> HDD 250 GB, 7200 Rpm, 8 MB, Serial ATA II/300<br>> Intel Celeron D 325J 2.53 GHz, 533 MHz,<br>> Memory 512 MB, PC3200, 400 MHz,
<br>> Hauppauge PVR-150<br>> Asus V9400-X /TD 128 MB<br>> DVD-Writer BenQ DW1640 CD reading speed: 48x<br>--<br>Eric Ladner<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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