Bug 120621

Summary: Rip from multiple CDs at once
Product: [Applications] kaudiocreator Reporter: Alex Lowe <lengau>
Component: generalAssignee: Gerd Fleischer <gerdfleischer>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alex Lowe 2006-01-22 23:40:22 UTC
Version:           1.13 (using KDE 3.5.0, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.0-0ubuntu0breezy2 )
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.12-10-k7

Normally, KAudioCreator simply rips one job, then the next etc. regardless of what CD it is on. Why not make it (if it is set to 2 or more rips at a time) first try to rip the tracks from different CDs before reverting. 

Perhaps, make it have both a maximum number of tracks to rip at a time and a total number per CD/device. That way, one could set it to one track per CD/device and infinite tracks at a time. That way, there's no overhead as the CD drive's head moves between tracks. For example:
CDROM0 has jobs 1-10, and CDROM1 has jobs 11-20. If the max number per device is 1 and thr total max is 2, then it could rip 1&11, 2&12, etc.
Each CD drive would only be ripping one at a time, but it would theoretically double the speed of the rip.
Comment 1 Gerd Fleischer 2011-06-04 14:16:11 UTC
Parallel ripping from 2 drives should be supported now (current git).