hifisteve Wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Well I've just joined the exciting world of SB3 after a friend lent me > a spare one which he'd bought for his bedroom. As I told him through > gritted teeth "The only way you're getting this back is by prising it > from my cold dead hand...." > > Anyway, I'd read all that people have said about format, quality, easy > of use, not shackling yourself to an 'Apple only' file format (have an > MP3 player in my car) and had opted for using Easy CD-DA to rip > everything to FLAC. > > The only problem is the speed (or lack of it). > > I have a 2.53GHz processor, 1GB RAM, plenty of HD space and it's been > rebuilt recently to 'tidy things up' and is well protected by > anti-virus/firewall software. I know that it's not up to the spec of > brand new PCs but I'm only getting around x3.8 speed while > ripping/encoding. Is this unusual? > > I've got nearly 2000 CDs to wade through and at an average of say 15 > mins per disc that's nearly 3 weeks! (if I rip 24/7 without sleep or > work). > > As a reference, ripping with iTunes to Apple's lossless runs around x25 > and to 320kpbs using Musicmatch around x30
Those numbers fits with what I experienced. I did use EAC with settings to ensure high quality ripping. I managed 4-6 CD's per hour, depending on length and quality. I have ripped around 1400 CD's... I also use Easy CD-DA extractor, but for converting from flac to everything else I need. I have tried ripping with it, and it used the same amount of time as EAC. -- tomsi42 SqueezeBox2, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsi42's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21544 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
