iTunes ripping
Posted by: Rich27 on 17 May 2010
When ripping cd's to iTunes on my Mac sometimes they rip very quietly at about 5x speed and take a few minutes to rip, then some cd's go crazy, ripping at 20x plus with the drive seemingly working overtime!
All cd's are ripped to AIFF with error correction on, does anybody know why there is such variation in rip speed? Should I be worried about this or do I just need to get out more
All cd's are ripped to AIFF with error correction on, does anybody know why there is such variation in rip speed? Should I be worried about this or do I just need to get out more
quote:Originally posted by Rich27:
When ripping cd's to iTunes on my Mac sometimes they rip very quietly at about 5x speed and take a few minutes to rip, then some cd's go crazy, ripping at 20x plus with the drive seemingly working overtime!
All cd's are ripped to AIFF with error correction on, does anybody know why there is such variation in rip speed? Should I be worried about this or do I just need to get out more
The slow rips are probably using error correction and mutiple reads. Either don't worry, or switch to using EAC or dbPowerAmp on Windows or XLD on Mac OSX which will give more information when you rip (though to my mind give identical SQ rip).
Eloise
quote:Originally posted by Rich27:
When ripping cd's to iTunes on my Mac sometimes they rip very quietly at about 5x speed and take a few minutes to rip, then some cd's go crazy, ripping at 20x plus with the drive seemingly working overtime!
All cd's are ripped to AIFF with error correction on, does anybody know why there is such variation in rip speed? Should I be worried about this or do I just need to get out more
I get exactly the same thing. Some are fast and some are just plain slow. No middle ground and no reason that I can see. My CDs are all in very good condition.