Re: Kaudiocreator too slow

From: Javier (linux_at_tango4.com)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:02:18 +0100

Chuck Huber wrote:

> John Kelly wrote:
>> Javier wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, i am ripping my tango cd collection, but it takes about 1h30 each
>>> cd to
>>> convert into mp3 with kaudiocreator. Do you know how cann i do it
>>> faster?
>>> With windows' RealOnePlayer it takes only 10mins!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> javier.
>>
>>
>> Install grip? It certainly doesn't take 1.5 hrs per CD.
>
> Actually, I just noticed that I'm "also" experiencing slow <1.0x max
> ripping performance on grip(it took 1hr 10mins to rip and encode one
> cd). Ran top and noticed lame is taking up 98% of my cpu which is a 2.4
> p4. That was with cdparanoia and extra paranoia turned off! Ripped the
> same disk on another machine with similar specs and paranoia on and it
> averaged >6x while using the same encoding settings. Cpu was a little
> lower at 90% and the disk was done in around 5 minutes. I did swap my
> cdrom for a dvd recently. Could that be it? DMA settings or something...
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck

hi, how do you turn cdparanoia and extra paranoia on and off?