Fastest way to rip DVD?

[mikehende]

Using Shrink, it just took me 3 and 1/2 hours to rip a 120minute DVD, isn't there a faster way way to do this? How long does it take you guys to rip a DVD and what software/methods do you all use?

[jtoolman2000]

15 - 29 min

[mikehende]

If you're using Shrink to rip a DVD in under 30 minutes then why is it taking me this long? I don't see any settings in Shrink that will do this faster and that time of 3 and 1/2 hours mentioned above was WITHOUT using the "analyser" so how are you doing this?

[jtoolman2000]

If your drive running on PIO mode? It should be running on DMA mode.

There is no adjustment in Srhink to make work faster. The only time is takes a long time is if your usin deep analysis and error compensation. Otherwize a 90 min rip with no compression whould not take you more than 15 mins. 3 hours,,, there somthing not right with your system. Are you compressing?

[mikehende]

Yes, I am compressing becuase the videos I usually rip are usually over 120 minutes but still, this shouldn't take THAT long? How/where can I check to see which mode [PIO or DMA] I am running please?

[jtoolman2000]

In your disk drive's properties under the device manager.

Seriously man, it should only take like an hour or somewhat more. even compressing and using other filters. I will let others comment as I can't really come up with why it might be takeing so long other than the PIO/DMA setting on your Disk drives.

[Mustang.VxD]

Could it also be that your reading drive is locked at 1x, 2x, or 4x for ripping speeds.

[mikehende]

I just looked at my DVD Burner's properties in Device Manager and see absolutely no mention of PIO or DMA?

Also, how/where do I check for the drive's ripping speeds as I don't see this also?

[jameshgross]

It is important to know what other processes/programs the computer was executing?
How fragmented is the HD?
When ripping what % of processor useage is shown in task manager?
When doing nothing what % of processoe useage is shown?
How many processes are reported under the processes tab?
Is the DVD internal or external?
Are the correct drivers installed for all devices?
Have you run a spyware and AV scan?
Is indexing turned on?

IMHO using compression on a drive doing video is just asking for slow performance.

[festmaster]

Could it also be that your reading drive is locked at 1x, 2x, or 4x for ripping speeds.

That would be my guess. I did a rip yesterday on on old PIII-600 with a 4XDVD-R and 55% compression in 1 hour 38 minutes. On my P4 with a 16X reader, it takes 15-20 minutes. I think your drive speed could be the culprit.

[mikehende]

Appreciate the help guys but got to sign off now, will start looking into all of the above suggestions tomorow to try and get to the bottom of this, in the meantime, if any of you can tell where to check on the drive ripping speed, this would be great, thanks.

[jtoolman2000]

[/quote]I just looked at my DVD Burner's properties in Device Manager and see absolutely no mention of PIO or DMA?

You are lookong in the wrong place.

Right click My Computer
Click on Hardware
Click Device Manager
Click IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to open it
Click on the Primary and Secondar IDE Channel
Click on Advanced Settings

There you will see whethwer the drives running on those channels are on DMD is Available
If it says PIO then that is the culprit.

Doesn't everybody know this???

[classfour]

RIP with DVDFabDecryptor, open with DVD Shrink, then re-encode.

Your DVD read speed (or problem reading DVD) is interfering with Shrink.

Try not to do too many things at once.

If you really want to do it with one program doing it all, purchase the Slycoft combo package (clone, anydvd, et al) at slysoft

[jimmalenko]

Maybe try DVD Ripping Speed Tips - it's a sticky in DVD to DVDR.

[Mustang.VxD]

This thread would probably be easier to answer if the model of the drive would have been stated.

[jtoolman2000]

Another ? I might ask is, does it rip super slow with ALL original DVD you try or just this particular one. I had one movie that took forever on any of my 2 DVD/RW or 1 DVD/Rom

Switched to another movie and back to normal. Occassionally one of my original disks will rip at about 550 to 1000kb/s and though it is slow, it will not take more than an hour. Others are ripping at about 5000 - 7000 Kb/s

Your drive may be locked to a very low rip speed. The 16x rating on a Rom drive for instance is only read speed. Not rip speed. On a RW drive it is only that max that MIGHT be reached during a burn cycle.

[mikehende]

All of the ripping I have ever done took over 3 hours, the drives are on DMA settings and here is the exact burner I have [NEC ND3550A]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

Don't know how to get to see the "ripping" speed involved here?

[Dv8ted2]

I usually rip a disc within about 15-30 minutes. Another suggestion I would add is check which cable you are using. Is it 40 pin or 80 pin?

[ROF]

It usual takes me about 15 minutes to rip a disc to my hard drive with DVD Fab Express or DVD Fab Decrypter. I rarely if ever use shrink because I am usually backing up my discs when I rip them and I certainly do not want to destroy the quality by using shrink to remove data. Once the data is ripped I use Nero to burn to the now inexpensive dual layer recordable media.

[mikehende]

Well guys, just checked and the drive cables are 40pins. I had thought that shrink was effective but the DVD I ripped yesterday was only 140 minutes long so why Shrink couldn't make that fit on a regular 120 minute disc doesn't make sense to me?

I guess it makes sense at first to try ripping with another software as mentioned in the DVD Ripping Speed Tips sticky and also ROF's advice seems to make sense, why shrink in the first place to lose quality when you could use dual layer blanks? I am going to try ripping with another software to see if the slow ripping problem is with Shrink itself, will get back to you guys, thnaks.

[ROF]

Which Make and Model drive are you using to rip? It may have a rip-lock where it will only allow you to rip discs at very slow speeds.

[mikehende]

Nec ND3550A as per this link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

I think I found a great cheaper solution and will work on it in awhile to know for sure. DVD Fab Decrypter ripped the same movie in exactly 15 minutes so I imported that movie into Shrink and will follow the tutorial given in one of the links above to split the file and record on 2 regular blanks using Shrink so using Fab to rip and Shrink to split and burn should do the trick.

[ROF]

Happy to report there is no rip lock on that drive. I have one of them myself.

[Sam Ontario]

Well guys, just checked and the drive cables are 40pins. ...

Use only 80 pin connector. Most of my DVDs rip between 10~12 minutes. I have only a Celeron 2.4GHz CPU, a 16x DVDROM Drive, 1GB RAM and a 250GB HDD.

Run your spyware programs and make sure not a lot of spywares on your machine!

[mikehende]

I have the same specs on my pc but now since Fab will rip in only 15 minutes I don't see any urgency in replacing the 40-pin cables with 80pin but thanks for the advice, will know next time. Only got to to split and burn in Shrink now to know 100% if all of this will work, will report back here in a while.

[Prot]

An 80 pin cable is needed for the faster throughput. Sure a 40 pin cable will work, but not at the rated speed of the drive. The added pins are to prevent crosstalk between the wires that are used, thus enabling the faster speeds. If you use a 40 pin cable, you will get 40 pin speed. So, in other words, that 80 pin cable IS urgent if you want faster rip, and write, speeds.

[mikehende]

Oh, I see, understood, thanks. Ok, so this method works using Fab to rip and Shrink to split and burn, thanks a million to ALL of you guys for the help, really appreciate it!

[ROF]

An 80 pin cable is needed for the faster throughput. Sure a 40 pin cable will work, but not at the rated speed of the drive. The added pins are to prevent crosstalk between the wires that are used, thus enabling the faster speeds. If you use a 40 pin cable, you will get 40 pin speed. So, in other words, that 80 pin cable IS urgent if you want faster rip, and write, speeds.

Most BIOS will report this as a warning as well while booting up.