ron thigpen;192313 Wrote: > jeffmeh wrote: > > I always find that the FLAC compression takes longer than the EAC > rip, > > so I do not worry about the ripping time. > > This will vary depending on the speed of the host machine. > > Before upgrading my box with new mobo, cpu and ram, FLAC took longer to > > run and EAC+FLAC took about 7 or 8 minutes per CD. After the upgrade, > > the FLAC encoding almost always finishes before the following track is > > ripped - it's no longer the bottleneck. It now takes about 4 to 5 > minutes to rip and average CD. Same CD drive and interface, EAC error > > correction enabled. > > --rt
Yes, it is dependent upon CPU constraints. It also depends upon the speed of the CD drive, and the level of FLAC compression specified. Actual mileage may vary, lol. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34156 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
