Multi Processor Ripper?

[theprophet]

Ok I can't seem to find a thread about this on here, if I missed it I am sorry.

I just built a 6 core processor computer but the program i use to rip Vids to mkv doesn't go any faster at all. I was told by someone that I need a multi Thread ripping program??? And that will utilize the extra cores between my dual core and the new 6 core.. What is the low down? What kind of program I need to rip videos quickly? Currently using Fair Use Wizard 2... What program should I be using to rip to mkvs? In a timely manor but with decent quality?

[iindigo]

It depends entirely on the software you use to rip, since multicore support has to be programmed in. A LOT of software out there doesn't even make use of dual cores yet, let alone six cores.

I have no suggestions for ripping software, but thought I'd drop that little bit of info at least.

[theprophet]

Yes I understand that alot of programs don't utilize all the speed in these things just thought I would see what others use. I could search the net but you know every program says they are the best. I don't care if it's something I have to buy I just want something that works well.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

The actual ripping process will likely be limited to how fast your optical drive reads, rather than being cpu-bound.  Encoding, though, is a different issue.

[_Jitsu_]

That's why some of the cpu engineers were focused on building a CPU with multiple cores that can work as a single one, rather than the opposite that we're used too.
That's because using more than one core requires the software to be adapted to that kind of processing. Also there are some algorythms that simply CANNOT be multi threaded due to their mathemathical nature.

As of software, like the preceeding post said - the speed will be likely limited to your media (HDD, optic drive, streaming, whatever) throughput.
As of encoding (not ripping) i recommend one of Xilisoft's software. It's not free, and acts poorly as of mkv ripping, but does a great job for other formats. You can also try using a free "SUPER" (yes, that's the name) software, though if you have little experience in the filed, using it may prove difficult, if not impossible.

Good luck mate.

[x5ga]

Ripping something from a CD/DVD/BD is most likely limited by the speed of the optical reader, adding a more powerful CPU does little to improve this. Of course, if you switched from a single-core 1,7GHz Celeron to your 6-core CPU, there might be improvements, especially at ripping BD/DVDs (mostly due to the motherboard though), but switching from a dual-core does little to improve ripping speed.

As for encoding, x264 has multi-core optimizations, but in some instances not all of the cores are used (ex: with avisynth, if I remember correctly). Still, the only way to make sure it uses all the cores is to open task manager and have a look. If it doesn't, well... you can always encode 2 or 3 video files at once on different cores until all are maxed out

[Temuthril]

AviSynth has a filter available for multithreading.
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/MT

[theprophet]

I understand the Ripping with the Optical Drive affecting the speed, but most times I rip to an iso before ripping it to mkv format ( or is that called encoding? Sorry new to this) Currently on double pass, highest quality at about 1.2 gig per movie H.264/AC3 its taking about 10-12 hours total, for the medium quality its taking about 4-6 hours per movie.... Are these just the times it takes to rip the quality I am looking for or is there something better out there? Currently using a program called Fair Use Wizard 2.9

Is this AVISynth a good prog to use to what I am doing? How can I tell if it's just using one core or not, just task manager it and check the core processor? It says its taking up 70% of processor usage. anything I can do to speed things up or am I at what I can expect of speed? The drive I have sucks but if I am ripping from iso shouldn't that all depend on the cpu? Will adding more ram help the ripping process?

[Xiong Chiamiov]

How can I tell if it's just using one core or not, just task manager it and check the core processor?

I don't know how it looks in anything newer than XP, but there the task manager has an option in one of the menus to show one graph per cpu.  You'll then be able to see if you just have one cpu pegged.

The drive I have sucks but if I am ripping from iso shouldn't that all depend on the cpu? Will adding more ram help the ripping process?

No, and maybe.  You are having to write out data to the drive, no?  I'm not sure how much memory something like that takes; I suppose it would be possible to do it all in RAM, which would eliminate what is often the bottleneck in performance, but it's hard to tell without seeing what your computer is doing ourselves.