Hi everyone

I switched from mp3 to mp4 with neros AAC Encoder... I'm very surprised about the great quality which can be achieved in 128 kbits... and also 32 kbps still sounds good for me (especially on the portables)... WOW

but.... unfortunately the Encoder doesn't make everything simple for me...

- VERY slow encoding speed in EAC

- I can't use other programs during encoding process (for example writing a text), also when I encode with other rippers (Audiograbber and dbpoweramp, but in these programs the encoding speed is OK )

anyone can give me advice? thx for regards or maybe tellin' other probs....

The encoder itself runs at the same speed in all programs/frontends, provided that you're using identical AAC settings. It's EAC that rips comparably slow, mainly due to its advanced ripping techniques. Alternative CD ripping programs, e.g. Audiograbber and Windows Media Player, don't support comparable features and therefore run less reliably concerning error robustness, but commonly at faster speed. If EAC is too slow for you, then modify and test its settings until you get a satisfying compromise between ripping speed and accuracy. Discussions about how to deal with EAC issues can be found in the CD Hardware/Software subforum.

Edit: Found an evil typo.
Besides, could you please define VERY slow? An erroneous EAC setup could cause about 1x speed, as mentioned in this topic.

no the ripping process of EAC is ok, the ENCODER (external setting, not internal) is so slow... Using lame is not a problem, because there the encoding speed is as fast as in audograbber or dbpoweramp.

VERY slow for me: the encoder needs 2 seconds for one second of the track-time. So it takes 4 minutes encoding time for a 2 minutes track for example

which parameters are you using with Nero's AAC Encoder?

I commonly get around 12x on a Celeron 1.4ghz so there's something wrong here. Are you using 2pass ABR?

It's assumed that the encoding settings are identical (if there isn't a typo somewhere in the line, of course) to the ones used in Audiograbber/dbpoweramp. Hence, processing speeds should be undistinguishable from each other, simply because it's one and the same encoder writing the files, no matter which bitrate option is used. But still, EAC is much slower than both alternatives, meaning an EAC external compression option could be at fault.

memomai, have you already played around with the settings in the lower left corner in the "External Compression" tab? "Use CRC check", "Add ID3 tag" (this option mustn't be checked at all while writing a non-MP3 file!), "Check for external program's return code"; options like these might be causing the problems. On the other hand, "Delete WAV after compression" and both quality settings shouldn't interfere with compression at all.

I'm using "%h-cbr 128000 -if%h %s -of %d" in EAC. SAme setting in Audiograbber and dbpoweramp.



No, I disabled all your mentioned options in EAC except "delete Wav after compression".