Exact Audio Copy (EAC)

Hudzy · 28 Jun 2008 at 15:42

Quick question if anybody knows the answer...

In the EAC options you can set the number of simultaneous external compressor threads. Is it worth changing that from 1 to 2/4 for dual/quad core CPUs or best just to let it work on the one thread?

MarcLister · 28 Jun 2008 at 15:44

Can't hurt to try it out.

bledd · 28 Jun 2008 at 16:41

it'll do multiple compressions then

i set mine to 4, that way it finishes doing the LAME section a lot quicker

Hudzy · 28 Jun 2008 at 17:47

Hmm. I just tested it using FLAC and it didn't seem to have a noticeable effect either way.

Ah well.

Broken Hope · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:40

It only seems to make a difference if it's ripping faster than it's encoding. The only time I've seen it open multiple encoder threads is if the track is short otherwise it tends to finish encoding before the next track is ripped anyhow.

Spyhop · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:45

Won't really make a difference since the bottleneck is getting the tracks off the CD in the first place. The previous encoding job finishes way before the next one is ready to start.

Hudzy · 28 Jun 2008 at 19:04

That explains it then. Ripping at quite a slow speed.

james.miller · 28 Jun 2008 at 19:06

the biggest difference you'll see is in letting EAC rip the next track before the current track has finished encoding, which is switched off by default. this is automatically switched on if you choose 2 or more external compressor threads anyway