FLAC

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I've recently got a Squeezebox Duet and I am currently using dbpoweramp to rip my CD collection into FLAC Files.

Each CD takes about 5 to 7 minutes to rip (level 5 compression). So I reckon of got about 58 hours of ripping to do.

Is there a faster (FLAC) ripper I could use?

I use FLAC because its the format most compatible with Squeezebox.

 

[Alec]

I have ripped a couple tracks with winamp in the past, that seemed quite quick, but i didnt rip a whole disk, so cant say how long that would take. Personally (heresy, i know), i tend to only rip the songs i really want - i rarely rip a whole album.

Anyway, its quick and easy to give it a shot and see what happens.

 

[The_Lhc]

What PC have you got? I use DBPowerAmp on level 0 (I really don't know what difference it makes with FLAC to be honest...) and each CD takes 3-4 minutes. I've only got a Pentium 4.

Having said that you're not going to get the rip time down to seconds or anything like that, there's always going to be a finite amount of time it'll take, you'll just have to swallow that unfortunately.

 

[Anonymous]

the_lhc:
What PC have you got? I use DBPowerAmp on level 0 (I really don't know what difference it makes with FLAC to be honest...) and each CD takes 3-4 minutes. I've only got a Pentium 4.

Having said that you're not going to get the rip time down to seconds or anything like that, there's always going to be a finite amount of time it'll take, you'll just have to swallow that unfortunately.

Its a Pentium 2 - you're probably right - the age of the machine is a factor.

On level 0 I get a similar time to you but uses an extra 10% of storage.

 

[Alec]

ive used poweramp very little so far. what do these levels correspond to, is it accuracy versus time? Sounds like the lowest level takes less time and uses more space..?

 

[Anonymous]

al7478:ive used poweramp very little so far. what do these levels correspond to, is it accuracy versus time? Sounds like the lowest level takes less time and uses more space..?

I think you're right.

Caveat - I dont know much about this but having done a bit of reading on the subject...

The compression level (0-8) in FLAC allows compression of the file to save stoarge but the file remains lossless.

Level 0 is no compression but takes up the most space (MBs). Quickest rip.

Level 8 is the most compression and takes up the least space. But is a slower rip.

 

[Alec]

i always think of the least compression taking the most time, but i also have the phrase error correction in the back of my mind, which we havent touched on, so maybe im misguided.

Still, the way you put it seems to make sense.

 

[Anonymous]

zero being least and 8 being most would be the same as most unix compression algorithms and also how Ogg Vorbis works too.

From http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html

0 - Fastest compression

8 - Most compression

Default is 5