[Paranoia] Force-Read-Speed -- Does It Work?

[Peter Jones]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 15:50 -0500, Alex wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 14:28, Monty wrote:
> 
> > On Fr, Mär 24, 2006 at 06:15:35 -0500, Alex wrote:
> >> I don't seem to be able to make cdparanoia force the read speed. The
> >> value I use for -S seems to have no effect whatever. I'd like to force
> >> the rip to go no faster than single speed, but whether I specify 1 or
> >> 48, the ripping goes at the same speed (the drive is 52x, and I also
> >> tried 4, 8, 16).
> >
> > Are other rippers/utilities able to set the speed on this drive (eg,
> > is there windows software that can do it?)
> 
> I'm using it on a Mac. I have four drives (2 LiteOns, a Pioneer, and a 
> Plextor). None of them react to the -S command. On Win, PlexTools can 
> set the CD read speed (but, of course, it only works with Plextor 
> drives). I'm not aware of any Mac tools which can do that. But -- I 
> apologize in advance for a silly question -- doesn't the drive work at 
> 1x when playing an audio CD?

It's not required.  Some do, some go faster and buffer.

-- 
  Peter