[iTunes] Re: iTunes multitasking-response to Kunga

[Kunga]

There is a definite reason to edit tags on the CD prior to ripping. 
That need is realized the next time you put that CD into your Mac. When 
you edit in advance of ripping, your iTunes data base remembers all 
those edits so that when you put the CD back into the Mac all those 
edits come back with the CD. If you edit only the MP3 tags, none of 
that work will be remembered when you put the CD back in. Plus you can 
submit those edited CD track names back tot he CDDB so the next person 
doesn't have to go through all the editing you did.

Playing while ripping does slow down the ripping speed. The reading 
speed of your CD Player effects the ripping speed too. On my G4 500 
Cube with a 52x FW reader I get 8x rips all the time.

Dual processors DO NOT help increase ripping speed. iTunes rips faster 
with one fast processor than it does with two slower ones that add up 
to more than the speed of the single one. I found that out the hard 
way. Bought a dual 867 thinking I was going to get rips more than 3 
times the 8x I get on the G4 500 Cube. Get no more than 13.5x even with 
the same 52x reader. Both processors are working (can tell via Cee Pee 
You). But they only total the work of one processor and the system 
overhead makes even that not as fast as it would do with one 867 
processor.

So for ripping AAC of MP3 files, it's all about a fast single processor 
with a fast reader so far.

k

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 12:43 AM, Henri wrote:

> It can be playing any tune-from library or from the CD, while it is 
> ripping the CD. And while it is ripping I can add or correct info to 
> each song at a time. I don't see a need to edit tags before or after 
> importing, I do it during. I also check or uncheck cuts sometimes 
> while it is ripping. And it doesn't seem to slow down the ripping 
> process, I get a consistent 3.5 to 4.2 x play rate regardless of it 
> being the only process going on or one of the three mentioned above. 
> So I just click import to begin, let that process start (by querying 
> the CDDB) and then do the editing while ripping proceeds. I am 
> curious, how much faster ripping would be on a G4.