anyone noticed this with mediaplayer

[Big Black Stilo]

it rips new CDs really quickly, whereas older ones take ages?

making a new disc for car and the seven i bought this week have gone on really quickly, whereas the older ones from early 90s and late 80s (originals from release) are taking a lot longer.

wierd

 

[soap_dodger]

Erm, which media player?

WMP11?

 

[punto5dr]

With so many free cd - mp3 ripper programs out there why use wmp to rip cds?

 

[levemircento]

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

I have used this one for years

 

[Big Black Stilo]

i use poweramp sometimes but its quicker to use windows mediaplayer.

Just thought it was strange old CDs take longer to read and often have less information on them

 

[Focus Owner]

i used it at my grandads house was as quick and they they were mp3s and played

 

[y2dom]

Does this with Itunes also.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

Does this with Itunes also.

the mystery grows!

 

[y2dom]

I can only imagine that the read speed of the older discs are alot lower than the new discs causing it to read and convert them slower than it does of todays standard.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

could be to do with that, theres less information on the older discs as well

 

[Chas Uno]

Just thought it was strange old CDs take longer to read and often have less information on them

Really old CD's can have their information deteriorate. Early batches of pre-recorded discs used an ink for the disc labels that attacked the CD itself over time, and loads of scratches on an otherwise ok disc can cause read problems. Often the ripper program is reading and then re-reading the information if it encounters checksum errors during the process. This can lead to the rip process taking longer than on a 'good' CD.

I also think that Y2Dom is correct as well in stating that older discs aren't designed to be read as quickly as modern discs.

Might be quicker to use a file sharing/ Torrent program and download the album off the net