Rip Speed in Media Player

[Guest]

When I rip a CD to MP3 format on my work PC (XP), it rips a complete CD in
about 3 minutes (Media Player 10). When I rip the same CD at home it only
rips at the play speed of the CD.
I am running the same version of MP at home. Admittedly, my home PC is not
as fast as my work PC, and has less RAM, but it seems that I may still be
missing an option. Is there any way to reduce the rip speed. I do not want to
listen to the CD while it rips.
Thanks

 

[Galley]

When I rip a CD to MP3 format on my work PC (XP), it rips a complete CD in
about 3 minutes (Media Player 10). When I rip the same CD at home it only
rips at the play speed of the CD.
I am running the same version of MP at home. Admittedly, my home PC is not
as fast as my work PC, and has less RAM, but it seems that I may still be
missing an option. Is there any way to reduce the rip speed. I do not want to
listen to the CD while it rips.
Thanks

MP3 encoding is dependent on the processor speed. For instance, my old 400MHz
K6-3 system managed a measly 3.5x. My current system, an Athlon 64 X2 3800+
does 25x. Listening to the CD while it rips definitely slows it down, as does
using "error correction".

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

That sounds lke you are set to rip the CD in Analog mode at home under WMP's
Tools:Optionsevices:<cd drive>roperties... switching to digital mode
should speed this up.