Ripping Speed??

[danfront]

I use DVD Shrink 1.37 to rip DVDs and I can't get speeds over 3500KB/s while using my Pioneer DVR-105.

My system is the following:
Athlon XP 2600+
1GB Corsair DDR400 Dual Channel
80GB ATA/133 - Win XP
60GB ATA/133 - Data
80GB SATA - DVDs
Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Pioneer DVR-105

I also have a machine running a P4 2.8GHz with a Lite-On DVD-/+RW with 512MB Corsair DDR400 and it rips at over 10,000KB/s at times.

Could the slow speed on my XP machine be due to the XP chip or the actual Pioneer?

Anyone with insight is welcomed!!

[ZippyP.]

Lots of DVD rom's are locked at 2X for ripping, Lite-on's are usually recommended as fast rippers. Having said that, check to make sure that DMA is enabled for your drive.

[danfront]

DMA is enabled on all my systems.

I didn't know that about a locked speed, is there any way to change that?

Or would the only way to bypass the speed restrictions is to get a Lite-On?

Also, I've noticed that my Pioneer DVD-RW drive is less prone to getting errors while ripping and/or burning DVDs. Does ripping at a higher speed also increase the chances of getting errors in the actual rip?

Thanks again!

[ZippyP.]

I didn't know that about a locked speed, is there any way to change that?

Install some hacked firmware for the drive maybe, do a web search. It's not without risk though.

Or would the only way to bypass the speed restrictions is to get a Lite-On?

Lite-on or one of the other unlocked drives. Do a forum search for fast ripping DVD-roms, it's been covered several times.

Does ripping at a higher speed also increase the chances of getting errors in the actual rip?

It shouldn't, if it does then there's something wrong.

Good luck!

[OhhPapi]

I use DVD Shrink 1.37 to rip DVDs and I can't get speeds over 3500KB/s while using my Pioneer DVR-105.

My system is the following:
Athlon XP 2600+
1GB Corsair DDR400 Dual Channel
80GB ATA/133 - Win XP
60GB ATA/133 - Data
80GB SATA - DVDs
Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Pioneer DVR-105

I also have a machine running a P4 2.8GHz with a Lite-On DVD-/+RW with 512MB Corsair DDR400 and it rips at over 10,000KB/s at times.

Could the slow speed on my XP machine be due to the XP chip or the actual Pioneer?On some burners if you hold the eject button down for roughly 3 secs and see the light flicker then you let it go and the tray will open it is possible that u have unlocked it for that moment. Try it, it worked for me with the sony 530u and the plextor 708a.

Anyone with insight is welcomed!!

[waheed]

Lots of DVD rom's are locked at 2X for ripping

Incorrect, DVD Roms are not locked, its DVD Writers that are locked on 2x.

Lite-On are supposed to be the fastest drives for ripping. i am a lite-on LTD 165H and achieved a max ripping speed of 15.7x (on a dvd5).

Any DVD ROM drive will do for ripping, lite-on drives will only make a couple of minutes difference at most, compared to other dvd rom drives.

EDIT: My Lite-On 165H has died, im now using Lite-On 166S and have acheived a max ripping speed of 15.9X on my first dvd (dvd5)/ the dvd ripped in just over 3.5 minutes.