GRip speed issue

[Ben Brick]

On 5/15/07, Dave M <DaveM at mich.com> wrote:
>
> I am using Ubuntu v6.06 and GRip v3.3.1 (from the repository). I am having
> an issue with the speed that the tracks are being ripped from the CD.
> Sometimes it works properly, ripping at speeds that vary between 4x and
> 6x.
> But sometimes it will only rip at 1.6x. I have not found any pattern as to
> when it works and when it does not. It seems random. Paranoia was very
> slow
> (over an hour per track) so I am using CDDA2WAV
> (v2.01.01a01_linux_2.6.12_i686_i686). I tried adding --speed 4 to the rip
> command-line but I get the same results. Sometimes it works and sometimes
> it does not. I also tried --speed 0 which, according to the man pages,
> sets
> the drive to the default speed. Same results, sometimes it works,
> sometimes
> it is slow.
>
> Here is my full command line:
>
> -interface cooked_ioctl -device %C --speed 4 --max --no-infofile --track
> %t
> --output-format wav %w
>
> Any ideas as to what is wrong or how to troubleshoot this problem would be
> appreciated.
>
> -------------------------------
> Dave M
> Davem (at) Mich (dot) Com
> Ann Arbor, Mich. USA
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Try hdparm.
Test with a non copy protected CD.
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