What model and what speed are your rips coming in at (the X factor). k On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 04:33 PM, Mel wrote: > I rip using a 48x24x48 FireWire CD-RW drive. The internal Superdrive > was much slower. I use MP3 at 192kbps, VBR, which may slow it down a > little. I would love to see an analysis of what the choke points are > for this operation from someone who really knows the architecture. > Mel