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#625811 - 08/08/06 11:13 AM
Ripping CD to mp3 files on harddrive
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Okay . . .
I currently use CDEX to rip all my CDs to my computer's harddrive.
I prefer CDEX for the CDDB utility (it accesses an online database to populate track information for each album. Other ripping software had weird issues about that).
However, it is a terribly slow process. How is it for others?
I find that, on average, a 10-song CD takes as long as 10 to 15 minutes to rip.
Is it a limitation in my system's memory that is slowing the process down? (It's a limited home system, and I do need to upgrade the RAM). I don't recall that WinMP was any quicker, so I don't think it's CDEX itself causing the issue . . .
Are other people just having to grin-and-bear it, like me? Or am I just the (un)lucky one?
How quickly are you able to rip YOUR CDs?
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#625812 - 08/08/06 11:31 AM
Re: Ripping CD to mp3 files on harddrive
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Registered: 30/04/01
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Using Windows media player it takes about 2-3 minutes on my machines.
( machine #1 has 1.8ghz AMD with 1024 RAM) ( machine #2 has 2.4ghz Intel with 512 RAM)
If that helps to give you a barometer. Chosing the quality of the rip would also probably affect the speed. I usually use 44.1 hz.
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#625814 - 08/08/06 12:36 PM
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Registered: 10/04/01
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I have an AMD Athlon 3200 with 1gig of ram, and using Windows Media Player 11 beta, I rip a 15 track cd in maybe 3 minutes....
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#625815 - 08/08/06 03:30 PM
Re: Ripping CD to mp3 files on harddrive
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Registered: 29/05/01
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Loc: Windsor Locks, CT USA
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When you say the process is slow, is the ripping process slow or is the "populate the data" part slow.
I have not heard of this service and just started ripping my CD collection to MP#. I've had to manually enter the song name and artist for each track, then for album name and genre I do it for the first track then it populates on its own for the rest before I rip.
Just using Windows Media Player v10.
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#625816 - 08/08/06 04:10 PM
Re: Ripping CD to mp3 files on harddrive
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It's not the program's fault it's slow, it is probably the settings you are using.
I use LAME 3.97 Beta 2 with --alt-preset Fast Extreme and VBR 2. Then I adjust the bitrate max and min to whatever the source dictates.
The rest is CPU power. I have an Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice) and it can do a full CD in about 5 minutes. And that's with copying the CD audio to the hard drive first as WAV and then converting. Ram is 1 GB dual channel
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#625818 - 09/08/06 02:35 AM
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