Re: xcdroast is fast...grip is too slow...

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I don't know if this will help you, but I had a similar problem with my
previous mobo, and the only way to work around it was using cdstatus
[http://cdstatus.sourceforge.net/] for ripping instead of cdparanoia or
cdda2wav. I think it's worth a try.

HTH

Andre

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:07:32 -0800
Brian Anderson <bikehead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice, but this isn't the problem.  Even with cdda2wav
> 
> ripping runs at .9x speed.  XCDRoast is still much much faster.  I am 
> tending toward believing it is an ide-scsi problem because the exact 
> same problem occurs with rythmbox
> 
> Wayne Schuller wrote:
> 
> >hi,
> >
> >On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 09:32, Brian Anderson wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have a Dell laptop running FC1 using xcdroast and grip updated
> >from >freshrpms.  When I use xcdroast, I can copy tracks from an
> >audio CD at >pretty rapid speed.  However, using grip it just crawls
> >at a barely >perceptable pace.  For example, xcdroast will rip a
> >track in about 10 >seconds whereas grip will take about 5 minutes!
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >This is a well known "problem", and should probably be documented in
> >grip.
> >
> >What is happening is that grip uses "cdparanoia" by default.
> >
> >cdparanoia on its basic settings rips a cd very slowly because it
> >does a lot of paranoid error checking.
> >
> >Give cdparanoia the -Z option (in the grip config) or tell grip to
> >use cdda2wav.
> >
> >Then you will find grip is as fast as any other ripper.
> >
> >It is not a problem with dma or ide-scsi.
> >
> >I was ripping cds for years before I realised this massive speed
> >improvement!
> >
> >Of course, if you have some doubt that the cd is scratched or
> >jittery, uses the standard cdparanoia.
> >
> >thanks,
> >wayne
> >
> >
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Andre Oliveira da Costa




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