SmartRipper - Windows XP - Speed?

[drdy111956]

Have done a search, but found no responses that explain my situation. Just migrated from a 650 Mhz P3 Win98SE to a 2.4 G P4 WinXP. All software up and running great, and DVD2SVCD process down from 20 hrs to about 6 for a 2 hour DVD. BUT: SmartRipper though , side by side on the 2 machines ( checked with 3 different DVD's) , down from 4-5X rip ( 20 minutes ) to 1.5 ish !!!. Now, I've verified DMA etc etc per the previous posts. DVD2SVCD internal routines still rip about as fast as it used to under Win 98 SE. So is SR uniquely impacted by Win XP? Any fix?

[Thwiipp]

whats the speed of your old DVD-ROM and your new one?

[drdy111956]

Old was , I believe 16X Toshiba in a 2000 Quantex machine. The new one is , I believe, also 16X , brand in device manager is HL- TX ? , it came with a new Gateway 500 X. Do you realy think it is a hardware issue and not software - OS?

[tonyp12]

Check to make sure you DMA turned on.

But it could be that the DVD drive is one of those who turns to 2X
when reading dual layer DVDs

LiteOn is one drive that does NOT turn to 2x.

My EPO16x is only 2x and it's going back to the store.

[drdy111956]

DMA is on. But based on your suggestion, if no one else has any further explantion / input / rebuttal, I guess i will venture to swap the Toshiba into the Gateway and verify that it rips like it used to!!!

[Thwiipp]

its probably the drives, i have a 6x Toshiba that only lets me do 2-3x

[thxkid]

Has to be the Rom drive I just switched over from WIN98SE to WINXP Corporate with the exact same system and have a 12x Pioneer DVD-Rom drive, in smartripper on 98 it was 5-7x while on XP its 6-8x, with XP I have seen a speed increase clear across the board on anything I have tried.

[leebo]

Same problem here as drdy111956 with XP.

This same issue was posted in another thread last week with no real answer.

Maybe drdy should check to see if DMA is enabled.

Oh wait, he said it was in his ORIGINAL post!!!