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Title: Data CD burning problem
Post by: WolfWalker on February 14, 2007, 11:49:18 pm

I am tring to creata a data cd with 177 songs. Converting from APE to lame MP3 Normal.  My Burning dialog says waiting-preparing for ISO image creation for about 3 hours now!


Media Center Registered 12.0.164 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\

 Workstation 6.0  (Build 6000)
AMD Unknown 2619 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2029 MB, Free - 1075 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.6000.16386 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.6000 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.6000 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.6000 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive G: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H652L  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H: HP      DVD Writer 840d   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive G: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L   Addr: 0:0:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive H: HP       DVD Writer 840d    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:

Title: Re: Houston we have a problem
Post by: Alex B on February 15, 2007, 04:24:28 am

What Monkey's Audio compression level you have used? If the files happen to be encoded with the "Insane" setting (which is not available in MC for a good reason) decompression is extremely slow.

Have you tested what is your normal conversion speed when you convert separate tracks with the same MP3 setting?

For example,
177 tracks may have a total duration of 177 x 4 minutes =  708 minutes
If the conversion speed is 10x then it should take about 71 minutes.

What you mean by "normal", by the way? VBR Normal? You could use the Fast switch too. It is safe to use and it is going to be the default VBR mode in the future MC versions. It can increase the encoding speed about 20 - 40%.

Title: Re: Houston we have a problem
Post by: WolfWalker on February 15, 2007, 06:37:06 am

APE settings are normal.  I cancelled the conversion and restarted it using mp3 normal and low.  Nothing seemed to work.  It just sat there.

Title: Re: Houston we have a problem
Post by: Alex B on February 15, 2007, 06:41:58 am

Do you have enough temp space? MC creates a physical ISO file of the CD image before it starts the actual burning.

EDIT

What exact settings do you mean by "MP3 normal and low"?
Did this work with some earlier MC12 build, i.e. has the behavior changed recently?
Does it work if you select only a few files to be converted and burned?
(You can use the test mode or a rewritable disc so that the disc will not be wasted.)

Title: Re: Data CD burning problem
Post by: WolfWalker on February 15, 2007, 07:40:41 am

I have plenty of space I have over 2tb of hd space.


I think for the first time I will try media server can u help me with that.  I tried wiki and i did not find the help i needed.

Title: Re: Data CD burning problem
Post by: JimH on February 15, 2007, 11:08:12 am

Server posts are now here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=38988.0