Speed of Smartripper...

[Daveyd]

Have a Toshiba 16x DVD ROM...Smartripper indicates im ripping at 2.0x. Is that good or bad?

[phhoth]

you should do better than this. If you are running Windows 98, enable the DMA option under settings/control panel/system/cdrom. This will speed things up. :P

[Daveyd]

I am running XP..I installed the ASPI files. Running DVD drive in DMA Mode 2....any suggestions y so slow?

[Daveyd]

PS.. According to Task Mgr. Smartripper is only using 1,096k of memory and a max of 8% CPU. I have a AMD XP 2000+ with 512 Meg DDR 333 RAM

[pinoy2201]

well guy im sorry to say that you will only get up to 2x if you stick with Toshiba..Toshiba has a built in prtectin that doesnt allow ripping in high speeds....some small tweaks might speed you up but maybe only up to 2.5x...im so sorry

[Daveyd]

Do u think my DVD Writer (HP 200i) will rip any faster? PS Tell Toshiba I said thanks :evil:

[pinoy2201]

try it but i wouldnt want to rip with a writer becuase it might wear and u bought that fer about 500...i say buy a new DVD-Drive some DVD-Drives are like about $75 dollars now....so thats the best i can suggest and fer about the Toshiba sell to a dumb nut

[Daveyd]

actually my girl bought it for me for $380...yea, shes ok in my book ...as for the toshiba, i do need another doorstop...any suggestions on a good dvd rom? and a question about smart ripper...I want to copy a DVD thats way bigger than 4.7 gigs. Do i use the "files" option or "backup" option in smartripper?

[pinoy2201]

yea....thats a good gurl to me ....well yea if your going to only rip the movie Movie mode....for the whole DVD backup

[poopyhead]

yo...

liteon 16x dvd-rom at dell.com small business for $37 shipped

[sue denim]

Hi ! just thought I'd add this ........

The DMA tip is a good one, so stick with your DMA settings.
I've got a Samsung x16 DVD-ROM running on Win98 (DMA selected) and initially got around x2.0 Movie ripping speed.

However, after doing a complete system reinstall I'm now pushing x7 !!!

Granted, this maybe a last resort for you as it will take a few hours to reconfig your system.
But I guess that doing a reinstall allowed my IDE buss drivers to config themselves to the optimum for my drives.

Just a thought anyhow .......

Sue xxx

[Corkey]

Hi guys,

Not sure I can offer any help here - just my observations. I have a region free DVD-ROM that runs at 12x, but I find that rip speeds vary greatly. nder 98, I would get anywhere from 1.9x to 7x - this depended on how "clean" the installation was. Now, under XP (having usd Forceaspi to install Aspi v4.60), it varies less - from 3x to around 5x - never any higher.

I'm beginning to wonder if there is some value in exploring what other processes are running and closing anything that is absolutely non-essential??

[mike187]

Same Here, I have a hitachi 12x and i get anywheres from 3.5-6.5 x with smart ripper.

[mojo2185]

is there a way to switch to DMA mode on your DVD drive when running XP Pro? I remember being able to change that back in windows ME and earlier, but i can't find it in XP? any idea where i can change that option? (i'm getting pretty slow rip speeds as well)
Thanks
Mojo