[CS-FSLUG] CD ripping speeds

[David Aikema]

First of all, have you checked your CDROMs to see if one is labelled
"true 16x" and the other as "32x max".  A lot of CD-ROMs are sold as
(eg.) 52x max, but this performance only applies to the outer portions
of the disc and reading will be slower otherwise.

Also, google for some information on DAE (digital audio extraction). 
Different speeds for different sorts of operations...

David

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:59:02 -0500, john-thomas richards
<jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> I have been playing with, er, *working* with an old Pentium 200MHz
> computer with 64MB RAM.  I installed some ripping software (abcde - no,
> really...that is what it is called) and ripped some CD's.  The CDROM is
> only 16X but it rips at two or three times the speed of my 32X CDROM on
> my much more powerful dual-processor main computer.  I use the same
> ripping software and the *identical* settings (I copied the config
> file).  Any ideas why a slower CDROM is ripping much faster than a
> "faster" CDROM?