DVD recording takes too long

[titeo]

Hello:

I used DVD Shrink 3.0 to compress a DVD9 to DVD5 and then got the DVD Decoder to record to my DVD +RW. Everything worked fine except it took 4 hrs to complete the "shrink" operation and 7 hrs to finish copying to the DVD disc. Is that because of the way I did or of the speed of my burner? I am using Sony DRX510UL DVD burner and Memorex 4X DVD+RW. Please advise.

[bazooka]

Make sure the burner is in dma mode.

Get a newer version of dvdshrink.

It is now up to 3.2

I also recommend using dvddecrypter to rip the disc.

[wwjd]

If your profile is correct then I think your computer may need to be upgraded significantly in order to speed the process up. What you are trying to do is CPU and memory intensive.

wwjd

[bazooka]

If your profile is correct then I think your computer may need to be upgraded significantly in order to speed the process up. What you are trying to do is CPU and memory intensive.

wwjd

Yep

I would add more ram to say the least.

A larger hard drive also would help.

[lordsmurf]

Your CPU is too slow. That is about right for 400mhz

[titeo]

Thanks, all. Look like you you answer my question. My CPU is 400MHz; so how fast should you guys recommend me to upgrade to?

[bazooka]

You could do it with an 800 MHz processor, but the faster the processor, the less time it takes.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Yep I had dvdshrink on a 800mhz amd and it would take up to 30mins to rip and transcode at the same time (without deep analysis - and movie only in reauthor mode).

Also a faster dvd rom drive might help

Kevin

[lordsmurf]

2-3ghz

[ZippyP.]

... so how fast should you guys recommend me to upgrade to?

As fast as you can afford.

[BobK]

If he's going to spend money on a new processor I'd say get at least 1.2 GHz, and even 2.0 wouldn't be that much more.

[titeo]

Thanks all. I have to dig into my budget after all. Well hope that I won't be broke after all those upgrades.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas to all.

[Capmaster]

Thanks all. I have to dig into my budget after all. Well hope that I won't be broke after all those upgrades.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas to all.

I think you'll thank yourself later. 400 MHz is below the recommended minimum for any hardware capturing work, and encoding a large DV to MPEG would probably take you more than 24 hours

Decent machines or MB/CPU combos in the 2 - 3 GHz range aren't that expensive anymore.

[greymalkin]

On my 3ghz w/ 1gb DDR400 ram it takes about 12-13 minutes with default settings. Very niice. I haven't tried the deep analysis and other enhancements, i'm sure they would be signifigantly longer. I believe to even get a 1:1 encoding time you'll need greater than 2ghz. anyone may correct me on this if i'm wrong.

[jimmalenko]

I'd look at upgrading CPU, RAM and Hard Drive. More than likely you'll be looking at a new mobo as well, so I reckon you might as well just get a whole new box, and keep your existing monitor. You won't know yourself if you get onto something with a CPU in the 2-3GHz range & 512MB RAM or thereabouts.