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EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Under EAC, my processor usage is near to 0 while ripping. Is it possible to configure EAC to encode    a track while ripping the next one? This would save a lot of time.
(that would be using command-line encoder, not using pipes)

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #1 –
EAC options / Tools 'external comressor queue'. I don't how increasing number of simultanious threads could impact performance, but when set to 1 it performs quite well for me.

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #2 –
I do not see this option (0.9b1). Is it a new option?

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Reply #3 –
Ok, found it.
Thank you very much

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #4 –
1 is the only usefull number (beside 0) because every number greater than 1 will reduce the speed of encoding to s/n (s=normal speed, n=number of parallel thrads).

Even if you use 1 its not really faster, but if you want to rip several CD's you can first play the disc-jockey and then have some lunch or go bed, while your computer encodes all the tracks.

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #5 –
Can you start ripping another cd while the previous one is still encoding? (the ripping of the first cd is finished, but not the encoding)

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #6 –
Hm, never tried. Does EAC lock drive only for ripping time or for whole session (including running compression jobs), if first this can reset current encoding queue then, I guess.

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Can you start ripping another cd while the previous one is still encoding? (the ripping of the first cd is finished, but not the encoding)

Yes. (I have beta4 and it works. It worked with the version I had before, too, but I can't remeber which).
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EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #8 –
Yes you can.

In the status bar of EAC you can see the info "xx Comression tasks left".

BTW: I'm exactly doing this at the moment

EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #9 –
Nice, it saves me about 20minutes per CD.

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Reply #10 –
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Can you start ripping another cd while the previous one is still encoding? (the ripping of the first cd is finished, but not the encoding)

Yes you can!
But don't change any encoding options. They seem to effect also the encodings running in the background.

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1 is the only usefull number (beside 0) because every number greater than 1 will reduce the speed of encoding to s/n (s=normal speed, n=number of parallel threads).

You could use a higher setting for multi CPU systems. Maybe also the newest P4's which have "hyper treading". It emulates 2 CPU Symetric Multi Processing if the OS support that.
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EAC:encode while ripping next track?

Reply #12 –
Look at the bottom of the EAC window, it says e.g. '7 compression tasks left' (meaning EAC makes a queue which says 'you gotta encode this and that track').
It allows you to rip a lot of CDs one after the other, and when the last one is finished, EAC might still be busy for a long time doing the encoding work

Note: what if you close EAC in the middle of such a queue? Will it be interrupted? Yes (the current track is finished though), but next time you restart EAC the encoding will be resumed

howevern,
I think that there is no way to

[start a new CD extraction while the previous is still being encoded]

in case EAC is set to 'hide external compressor window'. (but that can be changed easily)