From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn Hooton Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 14:25:51 +0000 Subject: Re: CD ripper/MP3 encoder MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------94DC797685574F67775219E8" Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------94DC797685574F67775219E8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > > Just one more reason /me *heart* sparcs > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Aaron T Porter | If you can't code it -- support it | > > | atporter@primate.net | Help make Linux work for everyone | > > | owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu | Subscribe to linux-admin today. | > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > - Isaiah --------------94DC797685574F67775219E8 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="shooton.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Shawn Hooton Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="shooton.vcf" begin:vcard n:Hooton;Shawn tel;cell:(614) 419-4996 tel;fax:(614) 652-5401 tel;work:(614) 652-5058 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Cendant Technical Services;Good, Quick, Cheap: Choose Two. adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:shooton@cms.cendant.com title:Unix Wizard x-mozilla-cpt:;5632 fn:Shawn Hooton end:vcard --------------94DC797685574F67775219E8--