Encode and rip speed slows from 5000kbs to 2900kbs

[greyanne]

I am using DVDShrink and my speed ramps up to 5000kbs then slows to 2900kbs. The Proccess under the Task Manager show Shrink is taking 95-99 %.
I formatted myHard drive two weeks ago hoping there was a problem there, and installed Norten Internet Security, (4 in 1).

I was on the phone with Dell today and got rid of some stuff and the computer is running faster.
DMA is activated

I just don't I just don't understand why it slows down.
Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do to fix it?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks
anne

[Soopafresh]

The application might be finding areas in the file where it can do some heavy duty compression - (eg -areas that don't have much movement and detail). That process is very CPU intensive.

[waheed]

are there any other processes running along with dvd shrink. Is dvd shrink set to run in low priority mode?

[greyanne]

Shrink is not set to run in Low Priority Mode

And, yes, there are many other processes running along with Shrink. Thirtyfour in total. They all say 0% CPU usage.

Is the of any help?

anne

[guns1inger]

COuld be dirty disks. Even mild disturbance of the surface can slow the read speeds to ensure a clean read.

Try ripping the same didk with DVD Decrypter instead, just to see what happens.