Kingsparta: thanx for the answer.
I timed the ripping of 6:41min song, (VBR-Highest Quality)
Digital Secure : 5:40 min (rip & encode & analyze checked) speed : .6x - 1.2x
Digital Large Buffer : 4:20 (rip & encode & analyze)
speed : .7x - 1.4x
Digital Large Buffer : 5:10 (rip & encode unchecked, analyze checked) rip speed : up to 10x (20 secs to rip 4:50 to encode)
I find this awful slow. I get why Dig Secure is slow, but the other settings I would think would be faster. Is this just a problem with the 9.0 ripper?
When I use EasyCD to rip, it also rips & encodes (lame)simultaneously, but at 4.9x to 5.9x. Even adding in the time to analyze(MC), EzCD can do almost a whole album in the time it takes MC to do one track.
I would love to use MC exclusively, but I record/rip 5 to 10 albums every day and it would just take too long using the MC ripper. The file converter is also pretty slow compared to others.
Hopefully, 9.1 has improved in this area and will be "finished" soon so I can upgrade. I don't have the time or inclination to be a beta tester at this time. And for everything else that I do with 9.0, it's fantastic!
Listening to: 'He' from 'Wow' by 'Moby Grape' (1968) on Media Center 9.0
system info:
Media Center Registered 9.0.180 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Build 2195)
AMD Athlon 1202 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 340 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 5.00.3700.6705 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive F: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive F: TDK CDRW4800B Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None