[OT] why cd ripping on Linux is so slow

[alf]

Hi,

I try to ip some music CD and later convert it into mp3 for my mp3
player, but can not get around one problem. ripping from Linux is
extremely slow like 0.5x of CD speed.

In contrary, on M$ Windows it takes like a few minutes to have CD ripped
and compresses into wmf yet I do not knowhow to get pure wavs...

Hope I find someone here helping me with that ....

 

[Patrick Useldinger]

Hi,

I try to ip some music CD and later convert it into mp3 for my mp3
player, but can not get around one problem. ripping from Linux is
extremely slow like 0.5x of CD speed.

In contrary, on M$ Windows it takes like a few minutes to have CD ripped
and compresses into wmf yet I do not knowhow to get pure wavs...

Hope I find someone here helping me with that ....

This is really OT, and you might be better off looking in Linux forums
like http://www.linuxquestions.org/. That said, it's likely that your
DMA is not switched on. Ask your question in the aforementioned forums,
and make sure to state which distribution you are using.

-pu

 

[alf]

This is really OT:

yes it is

and you might be better off looking in Linux forums
like http://www.linuxquestions.org/. That said, it's likely that your
DMA is not switched on.

thx for the hint and the reference - see hopefully I got to know where
to find the answer.