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uncompressed FLAC ripping -- very slow

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maxim

I am ripping CDs to uncompressed FLAC on DBPA.

For some reason, encoding takes forever. It hangs for over 10 min now, see the screen attached.

What is going on here? Bad CD? Slow WIFI (I am ripping to NAS)? Will AIFF or WAV be faster?

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Go ethernet if possible - JeffH 18:52:38 06/10/12 (0)
it's much faster. I rip from my home pc to my music laptop via ethernet and it's almost like staying local, plus I don't have to use that flimsy ars laptop cd tray.
RE: uncompressed FLAC ripping -- very slow - J.Mac 11:52:37 06/10/12 (0)
You have a wifi connection to the NAS? That's most likely the problem. Try ripping to a local drive then moving the files to the NAS after you've finished ripping and encoding the CD.
suggestions - Joe Murphy Jr 11:06:38 06/10/12 (1)
Check the CD for scratches, dust, etc
Rip a different CD to compare rip efficiency
Try ripping to the laptop's hard drive
Try ripping directly to the NAS (wired, not Wi-Fi)
Try ripping on AC, not DC
Close other running programs (especially anti-virus software)
dBpoweramp has a forum that may be helpful

If anything, uncompressed should be the fastest -- not that you'll really be able to tell much of a difference -- due to the fact that no compression algorithm needs to be used in the ripping process.
- RE: suggestions - maxim 11:12:14 06/10/12 (0)
  It was encoding, not ripping, that was terribly slow -- sorry for misleading.
  
  Looks like WIFI to NAS was the problem: works fast now when ripping to the hard drive.
  
  (BTW, enjoyed your "really" post as well.)
RE: uncompressed FLAC ripping -- very slow - scruffy_ 09:17:14 06/10/12 (1)
Give dbpower a try. It's free to try with all the options BTW: FLAC is compressed.
- really - Joe Murphy Jr 10:54:13 06/10/12 (0)
  "Give dbpower a try."
  
  Check out his screenshot for an eye opener, specifically the top left section where it says dBpoweramp CD Ripper .
  
  "BTW: FLAC is compressed."
  
  Not if he is using the uncompressed FLAC option in dBpoweramp.

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