[BC] Ripping wav files

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/08/2007 1:04:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
amstereoexp at yahoo.com writes:

> CD ripping is faster in Win98SE than it is in XP, because 98 allows direct
>  access to the hardware, while XP forces the ripper to go through Windows
>  to get to the hardware.

Ah! That solves the mystery of why the Office manager's machine, with the 
same drive and same ripper, runs quite a bit slower... it's XP! Ok, well, there
 
is yet *another* reson to prefer 98SE over XP! (Vista is not even a 
consideration. Consider it M$'s newest "ME" - Mistake Edition. I was reading so
me online 
surveys saying that a significant number of people are "aware" of Vista, but 
have *no intentions* of getting it. Good for them... that's the right answer.

>  But it really depends on the quality of your hardware.  I have one "48X"
>  CD-ROM drive which will breeze through a whole CD in just a couple
>  minutes, like yours -- and another "48X" CD-ROM drive which is so slow and
>  error-prone that if I was stuck with it, I'd be better off just dubbing 
the CD
>  in real time, just like the olden days when we dubbed records to tape!

That's an interesting observation. The CDeX software does have some settings 
that can be tweaked, which may optimize the performance for different drives. 
Unfortunately, LiteOn no longer makes the drives which I have ripping audio at 
22x+. I just bought their newest CD/RW drive as a spare. I haven't tested it, 
tho. At only $20, I figured "Why not?" These drives *do* eventually croak, 
(often w/o warning!) so it's best to just have a spare on the shelf.

Willie...




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