[plug] massive CPU activity on CD writing, cdda rips, etc

[Craig Foster]

Hmmm, "reliable" and "24x burn" in the same e-mail?
For reliability my 40x Sony has never hit anything over 12x, as not all
older cdroms read the burn and most cd players & stereos have problems
somewhere along the track. Especially hurts during DJing >:(

CD media quality affects burn reliability as well. Find a good CD-R and
use the eroaster log to see who makes the media. See if the brand hasn't
changed since then. Teac, TDK, Pioneer have all have their turn at
"testing the lesser costing competitors product", and I don't buy them
anymore because of it.
(yay Mitsubishi!)

Lastly, hows your drive set up on the IDE chains?

Regards,

Craig Foster
fostware at iinet.net.au (with SMIME) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Patrick [mailto:cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au] 
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:59 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] massive CPU activity on CD writing, cdda rips, etc
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:43:15AM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
> | So ... this can't be right. I can't reliably write a CD at 
> > 24x on a 
> | modern fast machine. Anybody have any idea what's going on? 
> My old 8x 
> | burner wasn't a problem but that could be due to my failure 
> to actually 
> | notice the CPU load.
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