[paranoia] Major cdparanoia wierdness

[Chris]

Jack Pistachio wrote:

>--- Chris <chris at tech.com.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>But on the 50th disk, half way through, it has slowed to
>>absurd 
>>proportions. It is ripping only about 1% per day! At this
>>rate it will take weeks to finish the rip of a single cd.
>>    
>>
>
>What symbols does paranoia's progress bar show?
>

I'm running it under grip, so I don't know.

>  What
>condition is the CD in? 
>

It's brand new.

> Does it do this with all tracks?
>  
>

All the tracks past a certain point it seems. Past about 59%. BTW, it's 
still going and now nearly up to 71%.

>The only experience I've had with cds that rip very slowly
>have been badly scratched or otherwise damaged cds. 
>  
>

There is no evidence of damage, either visually, or when I play it.

>Paranoia continues to try to recover the scratches, pits,
>etc until it gets something it feels okay with (for lack of
>a better phrase).
>
>  
>
>>I saw in the FAQ that under Linux for certain drives it
>>could be very 
>>slow, but I didn't see any indication it would vary
>>between disk to disk.
>>    
>>
>
>I doubt the problem is the drive.
>  
>
>>I'm presuming that there is something a bit dodgy about
>>this particular 
>>disk, but I can't understand how it seems to be actually
>>working but so 
>>slow! I played a track that was ripped at this slow speed
>>and it seems 
>>to be ok.
>>    
>>
>Even on worse case disk you can get something ok sounding. 
>That's the beauty of paranoia.  However, it can take
>forever.
>
>-jackp
>
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