I can't get MJ to rip/encode to a network drive. Both boxes are running Win2k and the network is 100kbps full duplex. The ripping machine is a dual PIII 1Gig and the CPU usage never goes above 12% (usually below 10%) throughout the process.
I've managed to determine that the culprit is the encoder. I only use APE but ran a test with MP3 and got basically the same behaviour. The rip runs fine for the first track. Then the encoder kicks in. The CD-ROM keeps spinning up then stopping. The ripping speed falls to 1-2X or less. Then network traffic stops, MJ stalls ("not responding") and that's that, until it's finally finished the CD. It doesn't actually crash. I suppose that's something.
Encoding later (when no ripping is going on) causes the same symptoms so it's not a conflict between ripping and encoding.
I've been through all the hoops; remove all unnecesary cards, update all drivers, try different PCI slots and even complete rebuilds.
Encoding to a local drive, while not totally robust, certainly is not guaranteed to render MJ paralized.
Does anyone out there encode to a network drive successfully?
Does anyone know why I can't?
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Topic: Ripping/encoding to a network drive...what's the problem? (Read 582 times)