Re: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-23 Thread Ronald Wielink
I havenow set it tot low quality (indeed, that's good enough). There is some improvement but not spectacular. I would prefer that the raw ripping stepping is done as fast as possible and the compression is done later in the background so that I can continue using myth. A possible answer to that is

Re: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-23 Thread Jake
the background so that I can continue using myth. A possible answer to that is of course Well, go ahead and code it yourself but since i'm not that good at programming I guess I just have to wait (or live with it)... or buy yourself a faster cpu for that mythbox ;).

Re: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-05 Thread John Andersen
On 12/1/05, Ronald Wielink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I've recently put together a setup with fairly decent specifications, see below. As far as I can judge right now everything works ok. However, ripping CDs (to mp3) takes quite a while, about 10 minutes. Intel Celeron D 325J 2.53 GHz,

Re: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-02 Thread Ronald Wielink
If that's the case, wouldn't ripping the raw data first and converting at an appropriate time (and priority) be a smarter approach? On 12/2/05, Eric Ladner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, for that CPU, 6x ripping is about right.Remember that rippingthe CD isn't just about raw data transfer from the

RE: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-01 Thread Korey Fort
Try using hdparm on your cdrom / dvdrom / hard drives, hdparm d 1 c 1 E 48 -a 4096 cdrom|dvdrom Let ye without segmentation fault cast the first int! Korey Fort From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald Wielink Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005

Re: [mythtv-users] cd ripping slow? - What's to be expected.

2005-12-01 Thread Eric Ladner
Well, for that CPU, 6x ripping is about right. Remember that ripping the CD isn't just about raw data transfer from the disk, it's got to be converted from cdda to mp3 in the process. If in doubt, install grip and run that on the desktop. There you can see the transfer from disk speed separate