[OT] why cd ripping on Linux is so slow

[alf]

Hi,

I try to ip some music CD and later convert it into mp3 for my mp3 
player, but can not get around one problem. ripping from Linux is 
extremely slow  like 0.5x of CD speed.

In contrary, on M$ Windows it takes like a few minutes to have CD ripped 
and compresses into wmf yet I do not knowhow to get pure wavs...

Hope I find someone here helping me with that ....


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alf