Sound Juicer: slow?
ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY
zamb at saudi.net.sa
Mon May 23 00:26:10 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 01:13 +0200, Michaƫl Van Dorpe wrote:
> This is my first day on Ubuntu (from mandrakelinux 10.1, which, a couple
> of months ago, replaced windows xp for me), and it has been very nice.
>
> Right now, I'm ripping a cd with Sound Juicer, to the .ogg format. Speed
> is only 1.3x How come? Is it because Sound Juicer is a new program? Or
> because making .ogg files is more difficult than .mp3's? Or is my cd
> drive not fully recognized?
>
> This is not a big problem for me, but I'm curious whether other people
> experience the same thing.
>
> Thanks!
>
Yes, and there was a thread on this list about it. There's a problem
with DMA in the Kernel when ripping using the native IDE interface. To
fix it, either compile you're own Kernel, or use SCSI emulation for IDE
CD-ROM drive(s). Search this list's archive for more info.
Ziyad.
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