street_samurai Wrote: > I second the Plextor recommendation although you are paying through the > nose for the Plextor name. > > I want to point out that the term "Ripping" in marketing material is > -much- different than EAC Secure mode. Secure mode is a very slow > process because its ensuring that you are getting an exact copy. > Ripping will be much faster (15-30x) on pretty much any newer DVD drive > if you don't use Secure mode (personally, I want to be sure, so I use > Secure more for everything). Ummm, I don't think there is a distinction, unless perhaps you equate the word "ripping" to what EAC calls 'burst' mode. "Ripping" is synonymous with doing DAE (digital audio extraction), which is just the process of reading a redbook audio CD and creating data files. EAC's "secure" mode (I've always found that terminology to be particularly bizarre, as data accuracy and security are unrelated in my vocabulary) just means that EAC 'rips' two times (or more) and compares the results until it gets consistent results. With C2 error correction turned on, I don't think EAC rips more than once if the drive returns no C2 errors.
> One of the benifits of buying a Plextor is that you can use Plextools > which allows you to rip in a mode similar to EAC Secure mode at much > faster speeds. Although in my opinion the UI for Plextools is much > worse than the not great UI for EAC. No question, Plextools UI sucks, but then again, EAC's is no great shakes. I've never quite understood how or why Plextools rips so much faster than EAC. In secure mode with my PX-712A I get maybe 8-9x speed (per track ripping speed, not overall speed), while Plextools gives me more like 25-30x. > One more point, are you converting to a codec when you rip or is it > straight to WAV? Although system dependent, my system rips faster > (PlexWriter 48/24/48U and AMD 2800+) than the FLAC encoder encodes... > this means that it doesn't matter how much faster my CD-drive is... its > still going to have to wait for the computer to finish compressing to > FLAC... so I wouldn't save any time by buying a faster CD-Rom. You can always use the compression queue that EAC offers if you want to maximize ripping speed. I think setting EAC's option for the number of external compressor threads will accomplish much the same thing, in that it permits multiple compressors to work simultaneously while you rip. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18206 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
