CD-Ripping Probs

[Thoric]

hey guys,

i have a new LiteON 40x12x48 burner. i use Easy CD-DA Extractor 4.6.0 to rip cd's.

the prob is that i set the speed to maximum and the most it gets up to is about 4x. most of the time is around 2.5-3x. i have tried setting it to 12x, but that still doesnt go any faster than 4x.

DMA is enabled, Mode 2.

HDD - Slave on Primary controller
CDRW - Master on secondary controller

the hdd is on slave, because if i recall there was a problem detecting it if its on master.

my old kodak 8x-read, 4x-write, seemed to rip faster.

any ideas appreciated.

thanks

[aznx]

have you tried a different driver or aspi? or maybe its the cd?

[aznx]

and extracting slow isn't really a bad thing, better quality...or try a different program like EAC

[Thoric]

well i use MusicMath Jukebox now, does at aroun 6x.

thanks for the ideas guys, problem solved!

[aznx]

well, then if its a software problem, try different ripping programs to see what kind of rip is done and at what speed, aka secure, burst..etc

[drpeterbright]

What kind of media are you using. That makes a big difference. Most drives detect the type of media and set the max speed not to exceed the capability of the media.

[sKuLLsHoT]

its not just ripping with musicmatch, its encoding at the same time ROFL, that speed is fine considering you have a 600MHz Duron

for best performance in musicmatch i always go into the recording settings seection and click the autoconfig button for every cd, it seems to make it work so much faster...but so does a faster CPU

[zeradul]

Yup, encoding is completely dependant on processor capability. Its an awful hard task.