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Reply #25 –
Yeah, but then there's "ERROR: Output file already exists", which is pretty obvious.
Juha Laaksonheimo

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Reply #26 –
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Originally posted by Linkin
i got it (with Eac it works) but i got only 5x-real-time-encoding on my p3 900 :-(

i guess the problem here is Andree's old encoder - using Frank's most recent encoder, i get 5.7x realtime on a mere Athlon 600..
A riddle is a short sword attached to the next 2000 years.

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Reply #27 –
what means --xlevel
it says that this fixes these internal errors, is that right? and is there any contra about --xlevel?

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Reply #28 –
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Originally posted by ssamadhi97

i guess the problem here is Andree's old encoder - using Frank's most recent encoder, i get 5.7x realtime on a mere Athlon 600..


i can't see how fast it is if i'm using frank's

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Reply #29 –
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Originally posted by Linkin
i got it (with Eac it works) but i got only 5x-real-time-encoding on my p3 900 :-(


I wouldn't compain too much.. 

Putting things in another perspective..  using Lame 3.92 (MP3), --alt-standard,  I usually get 1.7-2.0x on my old Athlon 1Ghz. 

Sounds like there's a pretty big speed benifit,  using MPC!

Jon

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Reply #30 –
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Originally posted by Linkin
what means --xlevel
it says that this fixes these internal errors, is that right? and is there any contra about --xlevel?
--xlevel tries to be somekind of solution, but at least a while ago it was problematic quality wise, so --scale is preferred when this happens.

Better not to use --xlevel.
Juha Laaksonheimo

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Reply #31 –
Now I also have a quick question. (didn't wanna open a whole new thread about this)
Is internal clipping really hearable??

I've listened over and over again to tracks but the only thing I can hear is the clipping that is already on the original track .

I really have been wondering about this.

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Reply #32 –
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Originally posted by Linkin
i can't see how fast it is if i'm using frank's

Use the "--verbose" switch, that will bring up a speed display (in addition to other information).


Until APE tags (the new tagging system in MPC, instead of the old ID3v1.1 tags) are supported natively by EAC or CDex, you can use the MPCEncT utility to create them automatically on encoding. Get it at Roberto's site. There's a nice readme included, describing how to integrate the utility into EAC/CDex.

I loooooooooove MPC and would strongly recommend using it if you don't have a portable player.

CU

Dominic

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Reply #33 –
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Originally posted by -=Ducky=-
Is internal clipping really hearable??

I've listened over and over again to tracks but the only thing I can hear is the clipping that is already on the original track .

I have asked the same thing and no one has answered whether they can hear the difference or not. My experiences are similar to yours, that's why I don't bother with --scale.

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Reply #34 –
I don't bother with scaling either. The tracks that I have that cause internal clippings produce a very low number of them (never more than 10). With such a low number of clipped samples, I doubt anyone would be able to hear them. I could be wrong.

Seems kind of pointless to scale to 0.83 for 1 sample...

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Reply #35 –
damm I'm glad now, that I've never bothered scaling everything for those few samples.

Thank you guys for giving some answers on this question, I never found an answer fot that question on this forum.

It seems nobody knows "excactly" what to do
 

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Reply #36 –
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Originally posted by Volcano

Use the "--verbose" switch, that will bring up a speed display (in addition to other information).


The original comment was in reference to the suggestion that --stderr be used.  The --stderr switch disables the realtime display in the command prompt window.  You'll need to check the log file you specify to see what kind of speed you're getting.

My 1.3Ghz Thunderbird runs about 11.8X on average with PC133 SDRAM.  Using EAC with the option to launch the encoder while ripping occurs slows both down slightly, but overall seems to run faster.  If quality really is a critical issue I'd strongly recommend reading through the EAC tutorials and using that over any other ripping program.  After getting over the plethora of options and figuring out how things worked I 've just left things as is.  The file naming in EAC is quite powerful and answers complaints I've had with other ripping programs.