[paranoia] CD-ROM slow to rip but no errors

[Allen - McLeodUSA Internet]

Monty wrote:

> > There are no log entries related to the CD-ROM or ATAPI at all, aside from the boot
> > messages shown above.
>
> I'm referring to the system logs, /var/log/message and /var/log/syslog.

There were no messages in the files generated by syslogd(8) relating to the CD-ROM,
except the first time I tried to use SCSI hostadapter emulation, and it wasn't working, I
got plenty of hdb: driver not present.  Now that the hostadapter emulation works, I think
that's irrelevant.  :)

> I have another question (realizing I may have misinterpreted an earlier
> answer): You said there are 'no errors' during extraction; did you mean no
> system errors, or did you mean 'no symbols in the progress bar'.  I had ssumed
> the latter; if I was wrong and the progress bar is full of correction symbols,
> that could be where time is going (The 48E requires serious error correction,
> but not to the extent that it gets knocked down to .3x).

No, the progress bar is blank.  I occasionally get a - or two and I got a ! on one track
on this particular disc.  Other discs give me a continuous line of - (dashes) for every
track, with the occasional + or !.  Another disc I have been trying to rip (where I
noticed the problem) has a blank progress bar for some tracks and all dashes for other
tracks, with the occasional ! or + thrown in.

> What is the ripping speed with -Z?  perhaps this drive can't do >1x DAE...
> (the 48E does 2-4x)

I think you're right.  For a typical disc, ripping a track which is 4:13.59 long.  The
progress bar for this track when paranoia is enabled displays all - (dashes).

$ time cdparanoia -Z 6
3.71user 9.82system 4:16.76elapsed 5%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (159major+11073minor)pagefaults 0swaps

$ time cdparanoia 6
50.52user 18.42system 10:49.75elapsed 10%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (219major+40820minor)pagefaults 0swaps

Which is about 0.4x.

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