Rip Speed in Media Player

Posted: 04-09-2006, 02:25 PM

netorius77

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When I rip a CD to MP3 format on my work PC (XP), it rips a complete CD in
about 3 minutes (Media Player 10). When I rip the same CD at home it only
rips at the play speed of the CD.
I am running the same version of MP at home. Admittedly, my home PC is not
as fast as my work PC, and has less RAM, but it seems that I may still be
missing an option. Is there any way to reduce the rip speed. I do not want to
listen to the CD while it rips.
Thanks

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Galley

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Re: Rip Speed in Media Player

Posted: 04-10-2006, 03:41 AM

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 06:25:02 -0700, netorius77
<netorius77@discussions.microsoft.com> spewed forth these words of wisdom:

>When I rip a CD to MP3 format on my work PC (XP), it rips a complete CD in
>about 3 minutes (Media Player 10). When I rip the same CD at home it only
>rips at the play speed of the CD.
>I am running the same version of MP at home. Admittedly, my home PC is not
>as fast as my work PC, and has less RAM, but it seems that I may still be
>missing an option. Is there any way to reduce the rip speed. I do not want to
>listen to the CD while it rips.
>Thanks

MP3 encoding is dependent on the processor speed. For instance, my old 400MHz
K6-3 system managed a measly 3.5x. My current system, an Athlon 64 X2 3800+
does 25x. Listening to the CD while it rips definitely slows it down, as does
using "error correction".

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zachd [MSFT]

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Re: Rip Speed in Media Player

Posted: 04-10-2006, 09:22 AM

That sounds lke you are set to rip the CD in Analog mode at home under WMP's
Tools:Options

evices:<cd drive>:Properties... switching to digital mode
should speed this up.

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"netorius77" <netorius77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9FF215B-F2F5-4BF1-BC45-BB1CC4F0E8F0@microsoft.com...

> When I rip a CD to MP3 format on my work PC (XP), it rips a complete CD in
> about 3 minutes (Media Player 10). When I rip the same CD at home it only
> rips at the play speed of the CD.
> I am running the same version of MP at home. Admittedly, my home PC is not
> as fast as my work PC, and has less RAM, but it seems that I may still be
> missing an option. Is there any way to reduce the rip speed. I do not want
> to
> listen to the CD while it rips.
> Thanks

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