Will I need a faster CPU to burn DVDs?

[Denis54]

I am a newbie. I own a P3 1 Ghz with 512 MB RAM and a 120 GB HD. I use XP Pro. I want to buy a NEC 2500 DVD writer.

A friend is telling me that my CPU is not fast enough and that ripping will take forever. He says it could take up to 2 hours to rip a DVD.

How long do you think I should need to rip a DVD?

How long do you think I should need to write a DVD?

[redwudz]

It's fast enough. Ignore your friend and get your burner. A slower PC will take longer to encode a video file, but burning and ripping aren't as CPU dependent. The speed of the rip and the speed of the write are more dependent on the drives you are using. A seperate DVD ROM will usually rip faster than a burner. Some burners you can firmware flash and change the rip speed. Writing DVD speed is mostly dependent on the burner.

[Denis54]

What does encode mean? What is the difference between encode and rip?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am an absolute newbie and do not really know what I am talking about.