problem with dvd2avi i think.......

[bigred3]

hi im just trying to ripp a dvd, and lately i have been having problems with dvd2avi , it seems that it takes forever to get the audio done on it, it use to take me about 10mins at max but now as i look over 2 hours for it to finish,does anybody knoww if need to change a option on dvd2avi or upgrade, maybe im using a older version????,


also one more question im running a sony dvd-rom and b4 i had a virus etc..... my dvd speed would be up around 6 or 8k/s now its only running about 2k/s if im lucky, i'm truly not sure what my problem is with the both of theres as im running a 1.5ghz proccesor with 256ram etc......


please some help me

thanks,
steve.

p.s. i did have virus but got rid of it etc... had to resintall my whole cpu and all these apps, just wondering if there where options or something i needed to change

[adam]

Perhaps you enabled the 48kHz to 44100kHz downsample in dvd2avi. It is extremely slow at this, I'd recommend not using it and doing the downsample in another program. Perhaps you weren't doing the surround sound downmix, though if you choose to use dvd2avi for audio then this is something I would definitely recommend leaving checked.

Maybe you have pre-scale decision checked. This scans through the audio before extracting it so it adds quite a bit of time.

You may wish to simply not use dvd2avi for audio decoding since there are other methods which maybe higher quality and which are definitely faster. I always set dvd2avi to demux all tracks instead of decode and then I use BeSweet gui to process my audio. In any case ensure that you are either using 1.76 or the very newest version of dvd2avi, all others are seriously flawed.

As for your dvd-rom, make sure that DMA access is enabled. It was probably turned off when you re-installed your OS. Look in control panel/system/hardware/device manager/ and find your IDE controller and look at its properties. It will depend on your OS but under transfer mode set it to DMA or "DMA if available."

[bigred3]

thanks but one more question i have windows xp home edition ide ata/atapi controllers inter bust master ide controller , primeary ide , secondary ide controller wich one do i go too? and what do i do to change it to dma?

[bigred3]

nevermind i found out i think i right clicked on primary and secondary both ones are checked off in "dma if avaliable" but it says in primary one currently using pio or something, no way of changing it eh? because this is really ******* me up he he