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Mr.X

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Multi-threaded encoding
« on: August 28, 2002, 11:56:04 am »
2 Questions for JRiver:

Why was multi-threaded encoding removed from MJ? (ie encoding in a separate thread, while ripping continued)

Will I need to wait until v9 to get that back, or will it never be implemented?

Signed, Curious.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2002, 11:59:26 am »
Unless you have multiple CPU's, simultaneous rip |PLS| encode is much faster.  And most encoders support it... (LAME, OGG, APE, etc.)
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2002, 12:08:17 pm »
Well, guess what I've got??

And the answer to question #1 is??
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2002, 12:09:52 pm »
Please mail all extra CPU's to:

JRiver
125 N. First St
Minneapolis, MN
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2002, 12:18:10 pm »
Well Dodged!
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2002, 12:55:39 pm »
Just for testing, of course.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2002, 01:10:40 pm »
Well Dodged!

If this programming thing ever dries up, I'll try politics

And for a real answer, well, we don't have one.  I guess we didn't think anybody would miss it, and lots of unused features and options aren't a good thing.  Does anybody else want that mode back?
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2002, 03:55:32 pm »
I'll add another vote for the return of multithreading and multiple encoder instances.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2002, 04:39:43 pm »
Me too.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2002, 05:24:56 pm »
>> Well Dodged!
I did not have Sex with that encoder

Mr.X

get your self a copy of GoGo and then use that with the external encoder option.

Gogo Suported Dual CPU's and should be suported as An External Encoder.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2002, 06:34:16 pm »
>>Gogo Suported Dual CPU's and should be suported as An External Encoder.

Gogo is based on an ealier version of LAME that had several problems and it doesn't support most of LAME's options.

It also doesn't address the issue because it's not running in parallel with the rip.  That means that while ripping, the CPU(s) are entirely wasted.
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Mr.X

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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2002, 09:38:32 am »
KingSparta:

I do use Gogo (v3.10, uses LAME 3.88) and it's lightning fast. Unfortunately, at some point JRiver decided to change the action of the external encoders so that they had to finish each encoding job before MJ would rip the next track. THAT previous functionality is what I would like to have back again.

If you use EAC with an external encoder, you'll see what I'm talking about.
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2002, 11:43:51 am »
I wonder how hard it would be to get them To Make Lame to support more than one CPU.

Have you asked them?
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2002, 12:50:10 pm »
They do. It's called Gogo. Unfortunately, the people that wrote Gogo are in Japan or Taiwan or something, and don't have much of a web site.

If you wanted to have a crack at it, updating it to use the latest LAME, the source code for Gogo is available...
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Mr.X

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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2002, 09:00:06 am »
So... How many votes do you need???
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Mr.X

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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2002, 06:26:53 pm »
Bump..
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RE:Multi-threaded encoding
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2002, 07:22:11 pm »
Well, you have MY vote FWIW...
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