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Just started importing cds onto my HD using iTunes inwait for my ipod to be delivered, stuck the first cd in. Changed the quality up to 192 kb/s and whacked the import button. Started importing, and said 1.2 hours till its done, and i know the time is usually a exagerration, but it seems to be takin for ever, im tlkin 5 mins a track, is something wrong with my cd drive or is it just like this? :S

o, and im using ACC as the format. SHould i be using mp3 to make this process faster by any chance?

thought the ipod only played mp3 anyway? but i do all mine as mp3's and have no probs at all

Mine are in AAC format. I used to have the same problem and it turned out my CD drive was unhealthy. When its reading from the CD have a look at the transfer speed. I average around 20-40x so a CD album is 3 mins. My old drive averaged around 1.6x.

Objectivley, what is the better format mp3 or ACC, just tried importing a CD in mp3 and seems much faster.

Both are pretty sh1te but MP3 is better than ACC - you get all sorts of phasing issues with the bass end with ACC.

MP3s should also encode much faster.....

Dan (I work with this stuff all day ;))

thnx, i found tht mp3 wrks better and faster
if they're both sh!te, wht format wud u reccomend that is compatible with an ipod?

A similairly encoded aac file is of better quality than mp3.

When I import an album on my Powerbook (1.33GHz) it usually takes around 3-5 mins :)

Apologies - please let me define "sh1te" - compared to CD or DVDa. I'm an audio snob :D



Haven't tried the Apple Lossless one yet - just tend to stick to MP3 (but a v'high bit rate - you get less songs, but it is better quality)

Each to their own, this is the great thing about music/audio - thee perception of high quality is totally subjective. I'm not having a go at andy (please don't think I am:)). Different people will have different experiences (some good, some bad), but it is a well known fact in the Audio Industry that bass phasing issues exist with AAC. For those who don't know what phasing is, it sound's like there's bass there, but it's kinda "wispy".

I hope this helps :)

Dan:)