DVD Rip Speed

[calx]

I have a Dell 8100 1.4MHz P4 system with a NEC DV-5800A DVD Rom.
I am able to get about 4.5x average rip speeds, the drive is supposed to be up to 16X.
I am wondering if a different DVD drive would be able to get higher speeds, say a Lite-On drive, or am I limited by my system?

[SLICK RICK]

Delete your IDE Controlers and restart you computer. It worked wonders for me. I was getting rip speeds of about 2x and now it gets up to about 12x thanks to one of the other members on this site telling me to do the same thing I just told you.

GOOD LUCK

SLICK RICK

[Bob W]

The LiteOn LTD163 or LTD166 are the fastest for ripping.

[SLICK RICK]

Mine is a Pacific Digital and it works great.

SLICK RICK

[calx]

Slick Rick,

I did the delete IDE Controller thing and was able to get the average from 2X to about 4.5X average with a max of about 6.5X. I was wondering if a different drive would get me even higher.

[SLICK RICK]

Maybe so, like I said, I have a Pacific Digital and it works great. They have them at my local BestBuy for about $70 or you can order a LITEON online for about $40, I have heard alot of good things about LITEON but Pacific Digital is fine with me.

SLICK RICK

[vric]

WOW ! stop a bit guys ! a normal DVD-ROM ripping a dual Layer DVD is about 4.5X average ! there is no problem there ! stop saying deleting ide driver and formating system etc...

7X for single layer
4.5X for dual layer

your system is ok.. it's the average speed. Yes, a liteon would be faster, but not much (if I remember the review, it was about 10% more than a pioneer )

[SLICK RICK]

I have gotten to speeds of 12x, I am not sure what LITEON gets up to. But I doubt that it is much more, you will save some $ if you order a LITEON but I like the going around the corner and buying it from BestBuy. I am really not too hot on ordering anything online but eventually I will get over it and order something.

GOOD LUCK,

SLICK RICK

[SLICK RICK]

@VRIC,

The speeds you posted are very incorrect, I have gotten up to 12x on a dual layer DVD.

SLICK RICK

[Bob W]

I average 5 to 7x for dual layer and 10 to 14 for single layer DVD's on my LiteOn LTD163 drive.

[vric]

@VRIC,

The speeds you posted are very incorrect, I have gotten up to 12x on a dual layer DVD.

SLICK RICK

I want proof :P it's imposible

Bob W have a normal speed (bit more than my pioneer)

[SLICK RICK]

The average for a dual layer on my Pacific Digital is about 8x but like I said it has gotten up to 12x but that was not the average.

SLICK RICK

[Bob W]

At 14x my drive gets real loud.

[SLICK RICK]

Mine too.

SLICK RICK

[wulf109]

Ripping speed is greatly effected by turning on DMA transfer mode. Deleteing the IDE driver would cause windows to reload it's default drivers which is probably what you were using.
I have two 16x DVD-ROMS and they rip the average dual-layer disk in about 16 minutes. The average dual-layer disk is between 7.5 and 8GB's.

[calx]

Well, it takes me about 20 min for a typical dual layer disc with the 4.5X speed that I'm getting. If a new drive would get me down to 15 min, it's probably not worth it. But if I could get down to about 10 min with a Lite-On drive for about $40, I would probably do it. Thoughts?

[wulf109]

The current limit on DVD-ROM drives seems to be 16x. If your current drive is 16x I doubt that buying a different brand of 16x would help. It's much more important to have DMA transfer mode turned on for all HD's and CD/DVD drives on your system.
You could also change the file system on your computer from "Desktop Computer" to "Network Server" which will improve ripping speeds a bit more.