DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 is absolutely terrible

[mikef07]

BUrning with DVD Decrypter the device buffer only fills up half way and then depletes. Makes it so I can only burn at 1X even though 3.5.2.0 burned t 8x on same discs. Why was this buggy version released?

[jtoolman2000]

No problems here. Been using it to burn ISO created in DVDShrink at 12x . No buffer under runs at all.
Maybe you should just stick with the version that worked for you. Can't come with reason as to why it is burning so slow.

[Ghostmaker]

Burns fine for me also.

[richdvd]

It's great for me too.

[johns0]

Burns for me no problem also.

[richdvd]

A very poor thread title...BTW.

[FulciLives]

I've ripped and burned a few now with DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 and so far I have had no issues with it either.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Sabro]

Although Decrypter is an excellent product in my opinion, I've had the same problems when burning as well.

Artec 12x with the newest firmware and still problems burning with Decrypter....Alcohol 120% has no problems what so ever.

So I have a feeling it's prolly along the lines of a compatibility issue with the software/hardware...which doesn't exactly mean its a 'buggy' issue.

With so many different types of hardware out there, a few are bound to have problems with ANY pgm, but its still an excellent pgm though.

Sabro

[lumis]

BUrning with DVD Decrypter the device buffer only fills up half way and then depletes. Makes it so I can only burn at 1X even though 3.5.2.0 burned t 8x on same discs. Why was this buggy version released?

you should rephrase how you say stuff. dvd decrypter is free, unless you're stupid. you should have just posted this thread as a bug.. why dont you head over to the cdfreaks forums and post your issue there?

and if your problems are so bad, why dont you just keep using 3.5.2.0 until a version newer than 3.5.4.0

[richdvd]

It's probably a hardware issue.
If he can only burn at 1x on 8x discs, then it could be the firmware.

A little more info would be nice...

What kind of drive do you have?
What kind of media?
What firmware are you using?

[spiffy]

Is it me or the "enable burn-proof" option is no longer there on this version?

I just used it to burn for the first time, on a Plextor 716A and TYG02, using Max speed. The first half part it went up to 10X speed (TYG02 is rated 8X, although I read that it's certified at 16X); but then the last half of the burn the speed dropped down to 4X. Even though DVDR Info Pro reported that there are no bad sectors burned on the disc, I am having a hard time playing it on software players (PowerDVD, NeroShowtime). So I'm not quite sure if it was DVD Decryptor, or the burner, or the media...

Spiffy

[blinky88]

I only burn at x4 and used 3.5.4 last night for the first time, did not have any problems whatsoever. That said, I have never had a problem with DVD Decrypter of any description ..ie.. with any version I have used. FREE and BRILLIANT.

[waheed]

Ive not experienced any difficulties with version 3.5.4.0

[Gurm]

MIKEF07 is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

There, I said it. We all thought it, but I said it. LOL.

Dude, fix your machine. There's nothing wrong with DVD Decrypter.

[aglips]

There's nothing wrong with DVD Decrypter.

Ditto.

[winifreid]

I wonder if it isn't that windows deal where it switches off the DMA when bad media is ascessed more than 5 or 6 times?

[Cinemagic]

Sorry Mike07, but no problems with DVD Decrypter 3.5.4 here either. Look elsewhere for your problem or uninstall the previous versions completely and reinstall the program.

[stryker]

Don't have much to say, other than DVD Decrypter works for me. I'm sorry you're having trouble with this free program.

[SCDVD]

BUrning with DVD Decrypter the device buffer only fills up half way and then depletes. Makes it so I can only burn at 1X even though 3.5.2.0 burned t 8x on same discs. Why was this buggy version released?

You either have a broken compuuter or a broken operator -- or you have a broken computer AND a broken operator. It's not DVD Decryptor.

[dvdguy4]

I dont burn with DVD Decrypter. I either use RecordNow or Nero so why not give a burning program a try. DVD Decrypter rocks. If its free its for me.

[BSpielbauer]

BUrning with DVD Decrypter the device buffer only fills up half way and then depletes. Makes it so I can only burn at 1X even though 3.5.2.0 burned t 8x on same discs. Why was this buggy version released?

Mikef07:

DVDDecrypter is fine (including the most recent version).

You definitely have a hardware or a firmware issue or some OTHER issue that is causing this to occur.

From the description, I would definitely check the DMA mode on all of your controllers.

(By the way, thanks to Winifreid, who caught this possibility early on, when he posted the following

"I wonder if it isn't that windows deal where it switches off the DMA when bad media is ascessed more than 5 or 6 times?"

For those who have not bumped into this, Windows has a habit of changing your DMA mode to PIO mode, which slows everything down, and can cause additional problems. It does this when it receives six errors which are "CRC" errors -- "Cyclic Redundancy Errors." Those are the I/O errors that happen whenever you try to rip from a bad disc. Windows thinks that six of these errors indicates a hardware issue, and that your hardware cannot handle DMA. So, it quitely changes things, without alerting you. (These errors do NOT have to be consecutive.)

There are several tech notes at Microsoft's web site explaining this issue. Search on "CRC and DMA and PIO" and you will find them all.

By the way, Mikef07, I, too, would urge you to consider changing the title of this thread. I have no special interest in DVDDecrypter, but I just hate to see a terrific program slammed when the fault lies elsewhere.

-Bruce