CD ripping is slow, but DMA is enabled?!
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From: Daniel Barrett on 8 Nov 2006 22:14 My new NEC DVD-RW drive, ND-3550A, is extremely slow at ripping audio from CDs. Maybe 5-6x at most. On the same computer, when booted into Windows XP, the drive is lightning fast (20x or higher). This is Suse Linux 10: # uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.13-15.12-smp #1 SMP Thu Aug 24 11:23:58 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux DMA is enabled: # /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdb /dev/hdb: IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument I am using grip 3.2.0 for ripping, which seemed plenty fast with the previous drive I owned. Any ideas what to try next? -- Dan Barrett dbarrett(a)blazemonger.com
From: Michael Black on 8 Nov 2006 23:31 Daniel Barrett (dbarrett(a)blazemonger.com) writes: > My new NEC DVD-RW drive, ND-3550A, is extremely slow at ripping audio > from CDs. Maybe 5-6x at most. On the same computer, when booted into > Windows XP, the drive is lightning fast (20x or higher). > I haven't a clue, but maybe the ripping software. I noticed that things were very slow when I used a GUI ripper (I forget which one), but when I shifted to a command line ripper, it zipped along. Michael > This is Suse Linux 10: > > # uname -a > Linux myhost 2.6.13-15.12-smp #1 SMP Thu Aug 24 11:23:58 UTC 2006 > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > DMA is enabled: > > # /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdb > /dev/hdb: > IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 256 (on) > HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument > > I am using grip 3.2.0 for ripping, which seemed plenty fast with the > previous drive I owned. > > Any ideas what to try next? > > -- > Dan Barrett > dbarrett(a)blazemonger.com >
From: Chris Cox on 10 Nov 2006 10:10
Daniel Barrett wrote: > My new NEC DVD-RW drive, ND-3550A, is extremely slow at ripping audio > from CDs. Maybe 5-6x at most. On the same computer, when booted into > Windows XP, the drive is lightning fast (20x or higher). riplock perhaps? I know it affects DVD ripping. NEC are very flashable. I have the exact same model... I flashed mine to remove riplock. Google for more info on how to do this. Flash utility runs on Linux. > > This is Suse Linux 10: > > # uname -a > Linux myhost 2.6.13-15.12-smp #1 SMP Thu Aug 24 11:23:58 UTC 2006 > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > DMA is enabled: > > # /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdb > /dev/hdb: > IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 256 (on) > HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument > > I am using grip 3.2.0 for ripping, which seemed plenty fast with the > previous drive I owned. > > Any ideas what to try next? > > -- > Dan Barrett > dbarrett(a)blazemonger.com > |