Smart Ripper slow copying to harddrive. Any Solutions?

[KidMD]

Hello,

I'm using a 1.3 ghz Pentium 4 with 256 mb of rdram, 40 gigs of hd space, geforce 2 mx. Although the new smartripping guide says that it only took him 11 minutes on 850 mhz computer, it only got me to 17 percent at the 11 minute mark. I'm ripping Seven the movie. I feel I have a really good computer for this type of stuff. I'm using the newest tools such as smartripper 2.34. Any advice to speed this up would be very appreciatd. .also at the beginning of Sefy's guide he says to "enable region free" what does this mean. i see no place to mark region free.thanx alot.


KidMD

[KidMD]

P.S.

I have a 12x speed DVD-rom drive that is a Samsung SD-612.
Please reply. Thanx.

KidMD

[nielse16]

What is your operating system?

[unstuck2]

I have a comparable (almost ) fast system
My experience was that smartripper did take only 15 minutes, but ddvd2avi took 1hr20 min instead of the ~15 min noted in the guide. I have only ripped one other time besides this and that time both steps took ~15 min each as expected from the guide.
My only guess is that the decoding/encoding varies from movie to movie??
PIII 1 gig, 256MB PC133 RAM, 10gig free space on HD, Win98

[KidMD]

I'm running Windows ME w/ all the updates and I have 18 gigs free of harddrive space. Every other thing in the guide occurs quickly on my computer except for the "smart ripping." Also, I am new to this ripping scene. Which step determines the quality of the rip?? Thanx for any help.

KidMD

[bkoyle]

I have a 12 speed DVD Drive. Its a cheap Hi-Val Brand.
My drive was pretty slow until I started checking out all of the properties. I didn't have DMA checked. Once I checked this box my time was cut in half. Check this out,
right click on my computer
click properties
Device drivers
CD or DVD rom drive
setting
click DMA
Hope this helps my smartripper version is 1.25

[ktnwin]

if you run Windows 2000, how do you check the DMA setting ?
I could not find it anywhere.

[Nostradumbass]

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On 2001-07-17 15:45:12, ktnwin wrote:
if you run Windows 2000, how do you check the DMA setting ?
I could not find it anywhere.

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I've got the same problem on W2000. Both my 40GB UDMA/100 and 12x Creative DVD-ROM seem to be running slow as molassas, and I have no idea how to tune the BIOS/driver settings.

[TIbrO]

Well the problem could be your Pentium 4, since they are flawed beyond repair. They are notorious for slowing down to 250Mhz when they encounter too much code that is not optimized for the P4, which is basically any code existing today.
Here, have a read at this article:
http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm

That should show everyone the truth about Intel and how they've grown into a greedy corporation who doesn't care about the consumer.

Anyway, it takes me nine minutes to rip a DVD in Smart Ripper on my 1.4Ghz AMD Athlon. I rip in file mode and rip the entire DVD, not just te VOBs.

[KeithDVD]

to check dma settings in w2k if i can remember

settings>control panel>click system icon
Click Hardware Tab
Click Device Manager Button

Then Check the properties on the IDE ATAPI Controllers

[DVD Master]

Remember to stop your WinDVD. Ripping and viewing menus, trailers, etc. slow down ripping process considerably.

[Vejita-sama]

Also make sure you have the newest drivers for your mb. I've got a KT133 mb (ECS K7VZA) and with the newest 4in1 drivers, dma and sync transfer (winME) my 12x Delta rips at 4-8x. DVD2AVI takes about 10-15min too (but often locks up when it reachs 100% for some reason).

[moneyman13]

KidMD and others who might be able to help

ok i read your posts, and runnin the EXACT same stuff, but i got an athlon and mine takes forever too, but when it does get done, i go to play the files and the movie is playin in the background but i hear the authors commenation..i dont know what to do about it at all, maybe you know how to disable that? thanks

[patrickm]

put your DVD drive and hard drive on separate IDE channels (not master/slave on the same cable). the channels aren't multitasking, so this slows things down considerably. in win9x/ME, DMA is enabled under the drive's properties, in win2K it's done under advanced of the IDE controller channels. if you have win2K, make sure you're using service pack 2.

[Xtreme]

I am having the same issues with my Ripping from the DVD to HD. I have a pioneer DVD player 16X speed. But it only rips to the HD at 2.1X speed. Can someone help me as well.

[disturbed1]

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On 2001-07-31 20:06:38, TIbrO wrote:
Well the problem could be your Pentium 4, since they are flawed beyond repair. They are notorious for slowing down to 250Mhz when they encounter too much code that is not optimized for the P4, which is basically any code existing today.
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Wow that brings back memories of when Intel changed from the 486 to 586, and again when they added MMX instructions. Scared programers affraid of something new. They said it then, they were wrong. They say now, they again are wrong. Programers said the same thing about Playstation and Playstation2 code.

That must mean my P4 ripping at 10x is a fluke? Must also mean that since CCE isn't optimized for the P4, encoding SVCD's at 1.4 speed, and CVD's (352x480) at 1.8 is also a fluke. Wow I must be lucky. My T-Bird 950 (same HD's same video card and same amount of RAM) just doesn't even come close. I've seen a fastest time of 1.1 CVD with the 950. My Duron 850 (only .8-.9 speed)is a cream puff compared to the P4. I thought the same way as you and others, until I actually compared the 2 myself.

The bottom line is the IDE inter face. It isn't capable of simultamous read/write. Don't have your hard drives on the same channel as your DVD drive.

Enable your DMA. And use a fast HD. I'm sure you that a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.

If you bought a HP, Gateway or what ever, reformat your drive and install a full, not propritary/recovery disc, OS. Most cpu makers have too much junk installed on your computer. Anything running in the back ground robs resources.

It makes me laugh

If all your doing is playing then you don't need a P4, if want to work get a P4.

[bishopx3368]

well my athlon smokes my p3 server pc .. and i copied large files all over the place granted i updated the bios.. it seems its not amd but .. the nortorious Creative Labs.. they have a sb live , sb live 1.5 dolby bug.. for any board amd and intel that has sound and u diaable it.

and u prob will wait 4-10 yrs for your p4 ie p3 to get any optimized code lol
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez like i said.. its wintel.. part of the reason is mikeysoft and that lame 486 non p3 p4 optimized code..

Do u have a spare Intel programmer handy to write the billion of programs out there?

I sure don't lmao

[disturbed1]

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On 2001-08-06 00:07:26, bishopx3368 wrote:
well my athlon smokes my p3 server pc
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I'd hope your 1ghz Athlon is faster than a 500 mhz PIII server.
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On 2001-06-28 21:39, bishopx3368 wrote:
I also have a p3 500 server the hd's have dma .. slow as hell too
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Not optimized for Intel PIII's or P4's? Hmmm.
How come with every new product that's released AMD runs behind with optimised/patched drivers so the hardware will work correctly with it's system?

There is not 1 singal professional multi media device certified to run on AMD systems. Even Dazzle doesn't recomend using AMD cpu's with their products.

Like I said if all you want to do is play games, an AMD chip may be fine. But no product produced by AMD can compare to the compatibility nor stability offered by using Intel CPU's. I like to use my computers, not search for patches.