Very slow CD ripping with sound-juicer

[Kirtis Bakalarczyk]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:51:01 -0500, Matt Galvin <matt.t.galvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> The first thing I would check is make sure that DMA is on for your
> cd/dvd drive(s). This can cause it to be slow like that.
> 
> hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc

That was the first thing that i tried, naturally.  It doesn't seem to
have any effect.

hdparm /dev/hdc does reveal this error though: HDIO_GETGEO failed:
Invalid argument.  However I believe that was there in Warty too, and
sound-juicer worked just fine before the upgrade (earlier today).

KIRT

> 
> And try it again.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:43:44 -0500, Kirtis Bakalarczyk
> <kirtis.bakalarczyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:31:00 -0500, Matt Galvin <matt.t.galvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What version of Sound Juicer are you using? The latest one? I just did
> > > a fresh install from the 20050309.2 daily cd and it works great for me
> > > :)
> >
> > It's version 2.10.0.  I'm not sure if i downloaded the .1 or .2 CD, it
> > was a fresh download this afternoon.. plus apt-get update && apt-get
> > dist-upgrade shows no updates so i'm assuming it's the latest.
> >
> > Upon closer inspection, i've noticed that it's only my DVD drive that
> > rips slowly.. my burner rips at the regular speed. (which by the way,
> > has always been slow, around 2.2 - 2.4x.  I'm not sure of the drive
> > speed but i'm certain it's faster than that..)
> >
> > I've also tried copying some files off of the install CD, and it runs
> > normally when copying from a data CD..
> >
> > Here's the relevant portion from 'lshal'
> >
> > udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_22_0'
> >   volume.is_partition = false  (bool)
> >   storage.policy.desired_mount_point = 'cdrom'  (string)
> >   storage.policy.mount_filesystem = 'auto'  (string)
> >   storage.policy.should_mount = true  (bool)
> >   info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_22_0'  (string)
> >   storage.requires_eject = true  (bool)
> >   storage.hotpluggable = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.write_speed = 0  (0x0)  (int)
> >   storage.cdrom.read_speed = 8448  (0x2100)  (int)
> >   storage.cdrom.support_media_changed = true  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvdram = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvdrw = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvdr = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.dvd = true  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.cdrw = false  (bool)
> >   storage.cdrom.cdr = false  (bool)
> >   storage.removable = true  (bool)
> >   storage.firmware_version = 'GDHF'  (string)
> >   info.product = 'LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163'  (string)
> >   storage.drive_type = 'cdrom'  (string)
> >   block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_22_0'  (string)
> >   storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0'  (string)
> >   storage.vendor = ''  (string)
> >   storage.model = 'LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163'  (string)
> >   storage.automount_enabled_hint = true  (bool)
> >   storage.no_partitions_hint = true  (bool)
> >   storage.media_check_enabled = true  (bool)
> >   storage.bus = 'ide'  (string)
> >   block.minor = 0  (0x0)  (int)
> >   block.major = 22  (0x16)  (int)
> >   info.capabilities = 'block storage.cdrom storage'  (string)
> >   info.category = 'storage'  (string)
> >   info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0'  (string)
> >   block.device = '/dev/hdc'  (string)
> >   block.is_volume = false  (bool)
> >   block.have_scanned = true  (bool)
> >   block.no_partitions = true  (bool)
> >   linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hdc'  (string)
> >   linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hdc'  (string)
> >   info.bus = 'block'  (string)
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > KIRT
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:21:26 -0500, Kirtis Bakalarczyk
> > > <kirtis.bakalarczyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Heya!
> > > >
> > > > I discovered a problem with my new Hoary install..
> > > >
> > > > I started ripping a CD in sound juicer and came back an hour later to
> > > > find that it wasn't finished yet!  Turns out it's ripping at 0.7x and
> > > > it's not even finished yet.  I tried stopping it, turning on dma on
> > > > the drive using hdparm, but that had no effect.  fuser /dev/hdc shows
> > > > that no other process is trying to access the drive and there are no
> > > > visible scratches on the disc.. I've also tried other CDs, they had
> > > > the same problem.
> > > >
> > > > A little guidance please?
> > > >
> > > > KIRT
> > > >
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