The Time It Takes

[deezer]

Hi, on my P4 1.8 with 256 megs it takes on average about 80 minutes to
process any DVD I'm backing up, and that's not including burning time!
I've read here that some people can have the whole DVD backed up and
burned in about 40 minutes. I'm using Clone DVD (latest) & AnyDVD.
Can anyone give me any tips on speeding the process up? Thanks.

[Bodene]

1) Make sure you have NO processes running in the background. Disable all virus scanners, SETI, if u have it, RAM managers, disconnect from the internet, etc. (If you had more RAM, it would likely speed up things a bit. Most experts recommend having no less than 512mb when doing video processing. RAM is cheap, so get another 256 stick. Your 1.8 processor is fine)

2) Defrag your hard drive and make sure you have a minimum of around 15gb free. (Most DVD's u rip will put anywhere from 6 to 9gb of data on your HD during the ripping process. If your HD is fragmented, the puter has to search and locate space for each bit of data as it rips...slowing down the process considerably)

3) I've never used CloneDVD, so I can't offer any tips for speeding up that process. I use DVD Decrypter along with either DVD2One or DVDShrink, and I can rip, process, and burn in less than an hour total. You might look into changing your software, since decrypter and shrink are free.

[jgandara]

There are other factors beside CPU speed, like the DVD drive you are using and the hard driive, you have several transfer speeds.

To me it looks like you have a slow DVD drive, usually a DVD burner is slow to do ripping. When talking about backup, you mean ripping and encoding, right? Copying the info from the DVD takes like 10 minutes and the duration of the movie for reencoding. Can you tell what part of the backup process is taking so long? can you see the status window?

[deezer]

I'll give you an example. I was backing up Annie Hall. It has just the movie (1hr 28mins), no extras. The encoding took 91 minutes and then
the burning took 49 minutes. I think the discs I bought are the problem with the burning speed although they come out fine every time and play on standalones with no problems. My burner is the Optorite 0201 and I've had no problems with it at all. The DVD rom is 16 speed. It's a basic one that came with my PC, but again it gives me no trouble. Do you think getting more ram will make a difference?

[jgandara]

I have a p4 2.4 and it take like an hour to encode a movie o more. I think the encoding time it's ok. Memory is not an issue, because encoding is more CPU intensive.

Also, if it takes so long to burn a diks, you should check:
+ What parameters are u using for encoding? Better quality means more time to encode
+ If you have dma enabled. Chek the DVD burner forum, there is plenty of info there.
+ The media you are using. If it's 1x, it takes around 25 to 30 min to burn a disk. What type of disks are they?

[Gazorgan]

You may have PIO/DMA issues.

49 minutes to burn is a problem, you are burning at or about 1x. I also suspect you are ripping at 2x, and that's the key to your slow times.

It takes me about 13 minutes to 'backup' a DVD5. About 20 for a DVD9 with no analysis and 45 with deep analysis (using DVDShrink). Takes me 14 minutes to burn at 4x. It takes a good bit longer if I use my DVDRW instead of a dedicated DVDROM to rip with.

[deezer]

Can you tell me what the settings should be so I can check? I'm not too sure about PIO?DMA so any advice would be appreciated.
Also, do you mean the PIO/DMA settings of the DVD Rom drive I use to
read the discs from, or the writer itself? Thanks.