"Capturing," "extracting," and "ripping" all refer to the process of retrieving the digital audio data from a CD.
Capturing consists of two phases: reading the pure digital audio data from the CD, and then encoding the data into the format of your choice.
Thus total ripping speed is dependent upon both the reading speed as well as the encoding speed:
Reading speed is determined by the ripping program.
You have probably noticed that Riptastic!'s ripping speed is extremely fast compared to other CD ripper products.
You can observe the reading speed in the Capture Dialog.
Encoding speed is determined by the encoder you choose.
The WAV Encoder and RAW Encoder are extremely fast, but offer no compression,
whereas the MP3 Encoder is much slower but offers high compression.
Normally the total capture time is the sum of the time taken during reading and encoding.
However with Riptastic!'s One-Pass Extraction feature, which enables simultaneous reading and encoding, this time can be greatly reduced.
Please use the sub-index to the left to learn more about Capturing with Riptastic!
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