CD ripping very slow with free version

RickH · Post by **RickH** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:25 am

I'm new to the forum so excuse me if this has been discussed a lot but ripping CD's with MM is painfully slow but when I rip the same discs using WMP or Roxio, that's a whole lot faster. Anyone else having this problem or have an answer as to why this is? I'd like to keep using MM but this is a major sticking point for me. Also, if I rip using one of the other programs I can't seem to find the files in MM.

jwylot · Post by **jwylot** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:51 am

The slow ripping speed is by design in the free version. There are some other features left out also - see http://www.mediamonkey.com/download.htm for details.

If you add or remove music outside of MM3, you need to get it to rescan your library. You can do this manually with File>Add/Rescan tracks to the Library or you can configure MM3 to rescan automatically at launch with Tools/Options/Library/File Monitor.

Hope this helps. For what it's worth, I've been using Mediamonkey for more years than I care to recall and haven't yet found a better tool for ripping, tagging and organising my music library.

RickH · Post by **RickH** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:16 am

Thanks for the reply, jwylot. I think that MM is a good & very addictive little program so I'll check out your suggestions.

jwylot · Post by **jwylot** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:51 am

You're welcome RickH. I just realised though that the automatic library feature is disabled in the free version so you will have to scan manually each time you add music with another app.

RickH · Post by **RickH** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:23 pm

jwylot wrote:You're welcome RickH. I just realised though that the automatic library feature is disabled in the free version so you will have to scan manually each time you add music with another app.

I ripped at normal speed with Roxio Easy CD, then manually scanned the tracks as you suggested, then put them in a playlist which I successfully sent to my Sansa Clip. (Without this forum & the Sansa forum, man I'd have no hair by now!!)

Much appreciated.

dlt · Post by **dlt** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:36 am

jwylot wrote:The slow ripping speed is by design in the free version. There are some other features left out also - see http://www.mediamonkey.com/download.htm for details.

That's burning that's crippled in the free version, not ripping.

Ludek · Post by **Ludek** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:26 am

RickH, ripping should work at the highest possible speed for you. There are no limits with the free version.

I've just tested ripping and with both versions (free&gold) it rips 4 minutes of audio in 20 seconds with converting to WMA simultaneously.

So I don't see why it should be slow for you.
What is your system spec?
My is Win XP SP2, AMD Athlon 4000+ , dual core.
and to which format do you convert the tracks?

RickH · Post by **RickH** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:43 am

Ludek wrote:What is your system spec?
My is Win XP SP2, AMD Athlon 4000+ , dual core.
and to which format do you convert the tracks?

I'm also using Win XP but not sure of my computer's specs - it's a Gateway we've had for 3 or 4 years. I've been formatting to MP3 160kbps. Mostly what I've been ripping lately are cd-r's with like 20 tracks, etc. I'll keep working with ripping with MM, & try some officially-released label CD's, and let you know if I see an improvement. It just seemed that, as I mentioned in my original post, my drive moves much quicker when ripping with Easy CD Creator.