Re: tlug: rippers and encoders

["Austin Kurahone" <a_downunder@example.com>]

Hi,

>I have heard of really fast ripping, like 20 seconds for song >(average 3 
>minutes), using Windows software. I suppose Linux can do >the same or even 
>better. Also, Windows users claim that the Xing >mpeg encoder is the 
>fastest encoder without sound drawbacks.
20 secconds??? That only sounds feasiable if you're dropping the quality 
real low. (3 min??? It took around 30 min with my K6-2 300Mhz).  I usually 
use BladeEnc when I have time, (Source is available and it's free.)  The 
Xing encoder is fast, (15 min or so I think) however there are drops in 
sound quality since the upper cut-off is lower than other encoders. 
(NOTE:It's been about 6 Months since I've encoded stuff, so my memory might 
be a bit fuzzy, but I distinctly remember MP3 encoding taking A LOT of 
time).

>Does anyone knows a place to see some benchmarks? Or have anyone >tested 
>with some of the software avaliable? (I'm not interested on >Quad Xeon 
>performance tests, please)
See above...

Yours,
Austin K. Kurahone


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