Post your iTunes convert to MP3 times

tigerwoods99tigerwoods99
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Using iTunes 2



Song was 3:36 in length I got 1.9x.



Usually get about 1.9x, longer on longer and shorter songs.



This is with a 300 MHz G3.



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  • Reply 1 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    On my 500MHz iBook I usually get between 3.5x-4.5x using iTunes 2 in OS X. In OS 9 and iTunes 1 I used to get up to 5.8 or once in a while 6x.
  • Reply 2 of 45
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    damn my computer is slow I am lucky if I get 1.5 on a 400MHz iMac... what encoding setting do you use? I use 192 at VBR highest quality...
  • Reply 3 of 45
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I find something really funny about the ripping speed with my DP500 G4



    The speed always depend on what track I am ripping



    If I am ripping the very first track of the CD the speed is around 6X :o



    However when I am ripping the very last track of the CD I can get over 12X :eek:





    [EDIT] Songs are both 5 minutes long. Using iTunes 2.03 under OS X



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  • Reply 4 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by psantora:

    <strong>damn my computer is slow I am lucky if I get 1.5 on a 400MHz iMac... what encoding setting do you use? I use 192 at VBR highest quality...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I usually do 160 or 192. The speed I mentioned was when no other apps are running. When other apps are open and running I usually get between 1.9-2.2x.
  • Reply 5 of 45
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    I have mine set at 192. Yeah, I find that it varies a tad between tracks.
  • Reply 6 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I never realized it before that it varies between tracks but it really does.
  • Reply 7 of 45
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    Up to 2.5x on the last track of this CD.
  • Reply 8 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by TigerWoods99:

    <strong>Up to 2.5x on the last track of this CD.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Wow. That's pretty good for a Beige G3.
  • Reply 9 of 45
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    it varies because the CD reads faster on the inside than the outside. that's why drives are rated as Mac. ie: 24X max.



    a better test would be to rip a song to AIFF and then encode to MP3 from the hard disk
  • Reply 10 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    About how much faster would it be on a faster drive? Like 40x compared to 24x?
  • Reply 11 of 45
    xmogerxmoger Posts: 242member
    It mainly depends on the DAE speed of the cd/dvd drive. Encoding from the hard drive would be a better comparision. Later tracks can rip faster because the outer edge of the CD moves faster under the read head at the same rotation speed.
  • Reply 12 of 45
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    I find that I get about 3x most of the time. On dirty or scratched cds sometimes it's about 1.2x. Kinda pitiful if you ask me...
  • Reply 13 of 45
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    dude this is sad....my friends pcs rip at 25-38x





    macs need 40x+ cd-rom reading



    the new iMac has 32x, which is cool, but the plain cd-r in the iMac is 24x! isn't that unreal! would've thunk apple would put a 24x? I was expecting 12-16x TOPS
  • Reply 14 of 45
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by Wrong Robot:

    <strong>dude this is sad....my friends pcs rip at 25-38x</strong><hr></blockquote>

    What's his processor? And what bitrate does he use?



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> A whole CD coverted to mp3's in less than two minutes... I find that rather hard to believe.
  • Reply 15 of 45
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    On a 867 MHz G4 I got 8x yesterday.
  • Reply 16 of 45
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:

    <strong>

    What's his processor? And what bitrate does he use?



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> A whole CD coverted to mp3's in less than two minutes... I find that rather hard to believe.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I don't believe it either but if it's true then it's really amazing.
  • Reply 17 of 45
    synsyn Posts: 329member
    I get over 7x on a G4 400MHz.



    The 867MHz result seems odd...



    A friend of mine who has a Duron 800 rips a CD in about the same time as I do. So I sincerely doubt that 24x figure...
  • Reply 18 of 45
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    [quote]Originally posted by SYN:

    <strong>I get over 7x on a G4 400MHz.



    The 867MHz result seems odd...



    A friend of mine who has a Duron 800 rips a CD in about the same time as I do. So I sincerely doubt that 24x figure...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Usually superdrive is very slooooooow on reading CDs even it claims 24x speed.
  • Reply 19 of 45
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>



    Usually superdrive is very slooooooow on reading CDs even it claims 24x speed.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    only because Apple doesn't offer a firmware update like PC users have had access to for months



    the PC claim is incorrect. perhaps he was ripping them uncompressed. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 20 of 45
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    I thought the test was primarily related to CPU with coverting to Mp3 in iTunes. I know that iTunes is Altivec enhanced so the test should run a lot faster on G4s. I have a 24x10x40x Lite-On so does that mean I should be able to get 40x rip times?
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