Re: system slowdown when copying audio CDs

2001-03-13 Thread Gavin Hamill
> It isn't really. Data CD's contain data headers that help the drive > position itself in arbitrary locations - similar to sector headers on > floppy and hard disks. Well done that man! You said what I was going to say - except I'd have rambled on aimlessly for ages :) gdh

Re: system slowdown when copying audio CDs

2001-03-13 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Romain Lerallut wrote: > Funny that the behavior of the CD drive is so different in the audio > mode than in the data mode. It isn't really. Data CD's contain data headers that help the drive position itself in arbitrary locations - similar to sector headers on floppy and ha

Re: system slowdown when copying audio CDs

2001-03-13 Thread Romain Lerallut
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Romain Lerallut wrote: > > > I have a problem when writing audio tracks from a CD to my HD. > > My PC slows down a *lot* when copying tracks from an audio > > CD, but not when I'm reading data (neither when I'm burning a CD). > > Rip

Re: system slowdown when copying audio CDs

2001-03-13 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Romain Lerallut wrote: > I have a problem when writing audio tracks from a CD to my HD. > My PC slows down a *lot* when copying tracks from an audio > CD, but not when I'm reading data (neither when I'm burning a CD). Ripping audio data requires your machine to throttle the

system slowdown when copying audio CDs

2001-03-13 Thread Romain Lerallut
Good evening everyone! I have a problem when writing audio tracks from a CD to my HD. My PC slows down a *lot* when copying tracks from an audio CD, but not when I'm reading data (neither when I'm burning a CD). I use xcdroast as a frontend to cdrdao and its siblings, but I had the same problem