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What
can influence my ability to record?
Recording capability is influenced by two
factors: your CD-Rom drive and your system's processing power. For
best recording performance, in any mode: avoid simultaneously
running other applications which would drain the CPU's power
(graphics programs, scanners, other compressors, etc.) avoid
simultaneously running other applications which are writing to the
hard drive. certain configurations which cause the operating system
to thrash, such as low memory or many open windows, will also affect
recording quality.
Problems ripping to WAV or MP3
One of the first things you should do is
ensure you are running the appropriate ASPI drivers. There are a
number of ASPI driver versions which will not support digital
recording from all types of CD-Rom drives. The ASPI drivers which
shipped with Windows 95 and Windows 98 should work correctly. If you
have installed a disk drive, SCSI controller, or CD-Rom drive which
has updated the ASPI drivers, you may have a newer version, but one
that does not support digital recording from your drive. If you have
an Adaptec product installed in your PC, you can obtain the latest
ASPI drivers from their website - http://www.adaptec.com. There are
many obstacles to digital recording from a CD-Rom drive. They can
include minute scratches or injury to a particular track on a CD,
internal vibration of your CD-Rom drive, interrupts with multiple
networked PCs, attempting to record from an enhanced CD, as well as
a variety of other possibilities. A bigger obstacle can often be
your CD-Rom drive itself. About 35% of the drives currently on the
market do not support digital audio extraction. Depending on what
the source of the problem is, you may find that all recording is
affected or that only a few tracks from certain CDs present
problems. Many of the drives that do support digital audio
extraction have poor seeking accuracy which results in audible
artifacts in the MP3 file. During the recording process,
drive-seeking errors (jitter) may cause clicks, pops, scratches, or
skips to be heard in the recorded song.
Check if your CD-ROM supports MP3 ripping here -
www.e-soft.co.uk/CDROMList.htm
Error
- 'Insufficient disk space' when converting CD to MP3 or CD to WAV
This
can occur for two reasons - your hard disk is full, or the drive box
( top left ) is set to the CD-ROM drive. For
CD to MP3, the converted song will be saved at the location set by
the drive and directory boxes, for WAV to MP3, the converted song
will be saved to the same location as the WAV file. If the WAV file
is on CD, it must be copied to the hard drive before converting to
MP3.
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