Re: Annoying file access behavior

On Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I have a bit of a problem. Every time I work with big files (movies, > converting mp3s to wavs for ripping), my system slows down to a crawl for > some time, while it is emptying the buffers I had a similar problem the first time

Annoying file access behavior

Hi all. I have a bit of a problem. Every time I work with big files (movies, converting mp3s to wavs for ripping), my system slows down to a crawl for some time, while it is emptying the buffers. Here's a quick example: I'm converting mp3 into wav using xmms. The whole song will convert without any