nope. an audio CD is not formatted like a data CD so therefore it must be read in a linear fashon carefully. there is no way to rip an audio CD at your drive's read speed. although some older drives (specifically a old 8X plextor I have) seem to rip from an audio CD much faster than any newer cd or dvd drive.
here's a reason stolen fro mthe cdparanoia FAQ. "Jitter" is a term used for the inherent uncertaintly in most CD-ROM units, which is caused by the way audio is stored on a CD. Although one logical block on a CD takes up 2352 bytes, the amount of data stored in the block varies. For a data block, 2052 bytes are actual data, and the remaining 300 bytes are information used to accurately find the block. For audio, however, all 2352 bytes contain audio data -- there is no positioning information returned in the block read. When CDs first came out, they were used for audio, and it didn't matter if a CD player got within +/- 1/75 of a second of the intended start position. After it started, as long as the player kept reading, it could accurately read the data -- the problem only came about when initially seeking the start position. "Jitter correction" is the process of trying to compensate for "jitter" in software. Generally, it involves using overlapping reads, and attempting to match the end of one read with the beginning of the next, so that there are no gaps in the data read. These gaps cause clicks and pops in the resulting WAV or MP3 file produced. For instance, the program might begin reading a track at block 1000 and read 27 blocks total. On the next read, it would issue a read command starting at 1024, and would try to match the end of the first read in the beginning of the second read. Once it finds a match, it would cut off the beginning of the second read, and use only the part after the match. In this way, you can eliminate the clicks and pops. Most of the time the "On Error" jitter correction mode will produce good results. However, if you still get clicks and pops using this setting, try using the "Always" setting. Some (higher-end) drives support a feature known as "Stream is Accurate" -- this means that consecutive reads are guaranteed to start where the last one left off. Basically, be patient as ripping audio is a slow process. Also newer CD's are being made with intentional errors and faults to further slow ripping or even thwart a ripping process. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victor Putz Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Freevo-users] Speed up ripping? In my effort to get much of my CD collection onto my Freevo, I've started trying to rip CDs, only to discover that my 32x CD-Rom drive is ripping at 1x speed. Obviously I'd like to speed this up. I've tried tweaking hdparm to turn on DMA, as well as modifying the command line a bit to cdparanoia, but none of it seems to be making much difference. Anything obvious I'm missing? -->VPutz ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
