Anyone else using Exact Audio Copy to burn CDs onto a hard drive?

[bumpy]

If so can you explain why mine takes about 1 hour per CD?

[montesquieu]

If so can you explain why mine takes about 1 hour per CD?

Are you transcoding into something that requires significant number crunching? That can take time depending how powerful your computer is.

Worth checking your settings.

Got the latest version?

[bumpy]

Are you transcoding into something that requires significant number crunching? That can take time depending how powerful your computer is.

Worth checking your settings.

Got the latest version?

Thanks Tom. I have just downloaded the latest version of EAC and am burning as WAV files. What would be a typical time to burn an entire CD, and what settings should I check?

[montesquieu]

That's very strange, WAV files are pretty close to what's on the CD originally same bit rate and resolution so shouldn't take long to rip at all. On my Mac I'd expect to do it in 5 minutes and I'd expect a PC to do the same.

Are you close to using all your disk space on the PC? Or have limited RAM available - the latter can be helped if you shut eveything else down and reboot, just open the CD software.

Setting really ... just check you aren't upsampling to some higher resolution or bit rate, or applying some really high compression rate. Is the CD drive internal or external?

[The Black Adder]

As far as I remember it can depend on if the CD is scratched and if you are using a high level of accuracy.

It will re-check on errors which can take ages.

Did you calibrate your drive in eac?

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[bumpy]

As far as I remember it can depend on if the CD is scratched and if you are using a high level of accuracy.

It will re-check on errors which can take ages.

Did you calibrate your drive in eac?

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I haven't calibrated my drive and its the same on new or old discs. The drive is internal, but I will check the speed with just the burner running. I never had this problem on my older computer (5-10 minutes for full CD) and it was lower spec than my current one

[Stratmangler]

I haven't calibrated my drive and its the same on new or old discs. The drive is internal, but I will check the speed with just the burner running. I never had this problem on my older computer (5-10 minutes for full CD) and it was lower spec than my current one

The drive needs auto calibrate.
Click on EAC button at the top left of page, and click on drive options.
Move around the tabs, and in one of them you'll find a detect button.
Click on that, and let it do its thing - you will need a CD in the drive before you click it.

Be patient, as it can take a while.

[Gazjam]

Not all disc rippers are created equal, be careful.
For the most “accurate” rip (some may not care or even notice, which of course is ok) from experience I’d use either EAC or DBPoweramp, the latter being my preference.

Ripping speed can depend on your drive and computer grunt, but the two I mentioned above give the most accurate rip imo.
Aside the most accurate ripping tools DbPoweramp also does a data bit check on each track it rips, and compares your rip to it’s database of other users rips of that same CD.
So know your rip is accurate.

Free full functional 30 day trial available, downgrades to free version after that, where you lose the most accurate ripping settings.
Not expensive for full version, worth it if you rip a lot of CDs

[Sherwood]

Not all disc rippers are created equal, be careful.
For the most “accurate” rip (some may not care or even notice, which of course is ok) from experience I’d use either EAC or DBPoweramp, the latter being my preference.

Ripping speed can depend on your drive and computer grunt, but the two I mentioned above give the most accurate rip imo.
Aside the most accurate ripping tools DbPoweramp also does a data bit check on each track it rips, and compares your rip to it’s database of other users rips of that same CD.
So know your rip is accurate.

Free full functional 30 day trial available, downgrades to free version after that, where you lose the most accurate ripping settings.
Not expensive for full version, worth it if you rip a lot of CDs

My preference is also for DbPoweramp. You can fine tune the "accuracy" of the ripping. I only resort to EAC when DbPoweramp can't rip without errors. Well worth purchasing a license.

[Sherwood]

As far as I remember it can depend on if the CD is scratched and if you are using a high level of accuracy.

It will re-check on errors which can take ages.

Did you calibrate your drive in eac?

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+1

EAC will rescan until it gets a "perfect" read. I only use it when I am trying to rip a very dodgy CD