iTunes and Encoding...

[hob]

I've searched, and I've never yet found a satisfactory answer! WHY is iTunes so slow at ripping CDs? It's improved slightly since i've transitioned to G4, but still - 7x... I think I was ripping at that speed about 5 years ago with Real Jukebox!!!!

I've only been switched for 7 months, but the one great thing with Windows was that media player would rip a cd before you'd even blinked... I can't remember the speeds exactly, but it was about 10x faster than this...

Please don't flame me, but if you have an answer, or a suitable piece of software for mac that encodes CDs to AAC faster, please let me know

 

[crazzyeddie]

Most of it has to do with your optical drive speed. The Powerbook and iBook only have 24x CD-ROM speeds. I can notice a huge difference between using my internal DVD-RW in my Powerbook and my external 52x CD-RW drive for ripping.

 

[Grimace]

Most of it has to do with your optical drive speed. The Powerbook and iBook only have 24x CD-ROM speeds. I can notice a huge difference between using my internal DVD-RW in my Powerbook and my external 52x CD-RW drive for ripping.

Bingo - my biggest peeve with Apple is DVD/CD drive speed. They are crazy slow. I'm hoping for a big speed bump in the new G5 updates.

 

[dukemeiser]

If you are using a laptop, you might try setting your performance to "Highest" in System Prefs. under Energy Saver. I'd agree with everyone else though, it is the optical drive.

 

[ftaok]

If you are using a laptop, you might try setting your performance to "Highest" in System Prefs. under Energy Saver. I'd agree with everyone else though, it is the optical drive.

It's not just the optical drive speed. A lot of it has to do with whether or not "Error Checking" is on. I think iTunes has it on by default and apps like Musicmatch do not.

 

[hob]

It's not just the optical drive speed. A lot of it has to do with whether or not "Error Checking" is on. I think iTunes has it on by default and apps like Musicmatch do not.

I'd probably agree with the optical drive thing - burning a CD for friends is embarassing (or it was on my iBook - the PowerBook seems a little faster at least!)