Re: [OT] why cd ripping on Linux is so slow

2006-08-12 Thread alf
Patrick Useldinger wrote: > > This is really OT: yes it is > and you might be better off looking in Linux forums > like http://www.linuxquestions.org/. That said, it's likely that your > DMA is not switched on. thx for the hint and the reference - see hopefully I got to know where to find

Re: [OT] why cd ripping on Linux is so slow

2006-08-12 Thread Patrick Useldinger
alf wrote: > Hi, > > I try to ip some music CD and later convert it into mp3 for my mp3 > player, but can not get around one problem. ripping from Linux is > extremely slow like 0.5x of CD speed. > > In contrary, on M$ Windows it takes like a few minutes to have CD ripped > and compresses int