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Old 05-13-2005, 05:01 PM   #1
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Question why is mp3 encoding so slow in linux ?


I've just encoded a CD using lame tonight on athlon xp 1900+ just after encoding it using itunes on my power book g4 867Mhz.

In itunes, it's a matter of a few minutes but on Linux, it takes almost 4 times as long.

Is there a much faster encoder available (that pipes the wav files to the encoder for example) or is it itunes that uses widely quicker encoding techniques ?
 
Old 05-14-2005, 01:37 AM   #2
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Have you tryed "lame"? It is standard package for mp3 encoding.
 
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that's the one I used....
 
Old 05-14-2005, 03:32 AM   #4
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you could try bladeenc
 
Old 05-14-2005, 05:03 AM   #5
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Re: why is mp3 encoding so slow in linux ?

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I've just encoded a CD using lame tonight on athlon xp 1900+ just after encoding it using itunes on my power book g4 867Mhz.
Do I understand correctly you encoded using athlon xp 1900 and it was slower then at g4 867MHz am I right?

I think power book RISC processor is much powerfull then athlon xp 1900... it is about the computer.

I've just used ripping tool and encoded on Sempron 2400 (1.6GHz) with 6.0x-7.0x speed. (when in background I've also encoded avi to DVD )
 
  


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