Is my burner really slow at ripping?

[Michelle]

I'm working through the guide here to copy DVD9 to DVD5. The instructions say to use DVD Decrypter and to rip all the files. It says it should take 5 - 40 minutes depending on the speed of the drive.

It took 2 hours. Are burners slower than regular DVD-ROM drives for ripping?

[rhegedus]

How about some computer detailsand the size of the disk you wanted to rip?

[WildParadise]

dvd quality as to play too, if the dvd is scratched of dirty the time goes up alot

[Michelle]

The computer is a 2Ghz P4 with 640MB RAM. It copied 7GB to a recently defragged 80GB drive with 20GB free.

The disc is in excellent condition.

[rhegedus]

.......and the DVD drive and ripping software?

[Bob W]

Most DVD burners are going to be locked at 2x max for ripping. for faster ripping get a DVD drive like the LiteON 163 or 166 then you will see rip speeds up to 15x for single layer DVD's.

[Michelle]

The software is DVD Decrypter. The drive is an Optorite DD0203. The DVD-ROM part of the drive is supposed to be 12X. I have no idea how that compares to other drives.

Thanks.

[ktnwin]

I have seen many post here that say ripping from DVD burner is usually at 2X max, this is especially true for Pioneer A05.
From a normal DVD-ROM, it is much faster. I don't understand why. So don't throw away your DVD-ROM yet.

[Michelle]

Most DVD burners are going to be locked at 2x max for ripping. for faster ripping get a DVD drive like the LiteON 163 or 166 then you will see rip speeds up to 15x for single layer DVD's.

Even at 2X it should have taken less than an hour. Is the decrypting part time-consuming? It was taking up a lot of CPU time and the computer was almost unusable during ripping.

[rhegedus]

As above - most DVD burners have their rip speed pegged to 2x. But to save wear and tear on an expensive burner, why not buy a cheap DVD ROM just for ripping?

[Bob W]

Try using SmartRipper which is also a free utility program.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Try these fixes:
1.play the DVD with PowerDVD or WinDVD for 10 seconds to unlock drive
2.uninstall "Hard disk Controllers" in device manger,reboot and let Windows reinstall the hard disk controllers
3.make sure DMA is enabled for all drives

[rhegedus]

....how can you have 640Mb of RAM? Is it 512 + 128?

[Michelle]

At the moment I don't have room for a DVD-ROM drive unless I get rid of my Plextor CD burner, which I'm rather fond of.

[rhegedus]

The Optorite will burn CDs at 24x - fast enough. Ditch the Plextor.

[Michelle]

Try these fixes:
1.play the DVD with PowerDVD or WinDVD for 10 seconds to unlock drive
2.uninstall "Hard disk Controllers" in device manger,reboot and let Windows reinstall the hard disk controllers

Thanks, I'll try that.

This reminds me of something. When I played the DVD in PowerDVD the audio was slightly garbled. I just got the drive and have tried any other discs yet.

[Michelle]

....how can you have 640Mb of RAM? Is it 512 + 128?

Yes

[Michelle]

I tried another disc and it plays fine. I guess there's something that my DVD burner doesn't like about the first disc. It plays fine in my standalone player.

[poopyhead]

use DVD-ROMs to rip, as ripping will increse wear-and-tear to the drive....

much cheaper to replace DVD-ROM than DVD burner

[anosis]

I have seen many post here that say ripping from DVD burner is usually at 2X max, this is especially true for Pioneer A05.
From a normal DVD-ROM, it is much faster. I don't understand why. So don't throw away your DVD-ROM yet.

I got the Pioneer 105 with the 1.30 hacked firmware and most DVD's both -5 and -9 rip well above 2x. On average I would say about 6x.

I do not promote patching the firmware with a hacked versions, but in this case it improved the ripping speed.

www.rpc1.org got a lot of info on firmware.

[Gurm]

1. Yes, burners rip REALLY slowly. In general, most burners can't rip for beans, even when unlocked. Many regular DVD-ROM's are only so-so as well. Liteon and Panasonic are VERY good. Others... vary.

2. Some discs are just disliked by some drives. It's a mystery to many.

- Gurm

[Michelle]

I tried booting from a partition with a fresh XP install and the speed was 4X. I don't plan on doing much ripping and that's satisfactory, much better than 1X.