Re: CD ripper/MP3 encoder

[Shawn Hooton <shooton@cms.cendant.com>]

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Isaiah Weiner wrote:
> But the ability to rip, encode, and
> play mp3s at the same time is great.  I haven't found a PC that can do
> that -- the ripping process always eats up the I/O of the machine too
> much.  Ripping at a different speed, while it uses less I/O, still uses
> too much to justify the speed loss.

This is easy!  I have a PII 400 with 1 2GB SCSI2 HD and a 4x SCSI
toshiba CDROM and I encode, rip, and play mp3s all the time.  In fact I
have even compiled code during this process!  Note:  Esd had to be
reniced to -10

> 
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> 
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