How can I rip faster?

[jimot]

Hi all.. I'm using Liteon DVD 16X and SmartRip 2.4, is there any way I can rip a DVD movie faster?
Because now it takes about 1 hour to rip 1 DVD movie to my hard drive.
Thanks

[theboywonder]

What speed is it ripping at?

What operating system are you running?

Try installing the ForceASPI drivers:

http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/SupportUtils/forceaspi17.rar

If that doesnt work, I have CompelASPI which worked for me (dont know where the link is to it but i can send)

... I also have the equivalent for Windows XP: Adaptec ASPI XP 4.71.1

[vhelp]

morning all.

jimot,
I have a Pioneer 8x that I bought 2 years ago I think. In my old T-Brd
days, I was only able to go as high as 2x speed in ANY version of smart
ripper. I went this way or ripping for a least a year while others were
claiming to rip as high as 9x etc. BEFORE i hit on a Inverse DMA technique
I discovered (I wont explain just yet)
But, now I rip to as high as 9x or 10x - whatever is the max it can go.
But, just remember, that not all DVD disks will rip at a constant 9x. it
fluctuates from high to low, depending on what track the ripping is on, etc.

But, I'll spare you the instructs, as 98% of those that have read this, DON'T
use it anyways cause they don't beleive it or want a mericle or to hear
from someone else that there is another way.

So... first listen to all everyone else, and try their ways, and if you STILL
can't get faxter ...x speeds, THEN come again, and ask. I might post the
instructs 8)

-vhelp

[theboywonder]

well i'm interested cause despite installing all types of aspi and enabling dma, i can only rip at 1.2-1.6x ish (win 2000 prof)

used to get about 4-5x on win ME.

10x matshita dvd-rom.

*awaits vhelps reply eagerly*

[dick_p_t]

Ok here is what I know of that can help you rip faster.

Enable DMA

Install an ASPI Layer

Format your drives with NTFS

Get a 7200rpm Hard Disc Drive

Get a Faster DVD Drive

Upgrade your CPU (i recomend 500Mhz+)

Get a MotherBoard with ATA100/133


I have all of the above (CPU is P4 1.7gig and DVD drive is 12x) and a dvd rip usualy takes about 10 - 12 minutes with SmartRipper v2.41
Other than that I can't think of anything esle at the moment.

Hope this helps you out =8-)

[vhelp]

* first, just to mention, I call it my "Inverse DMA" because I feel like it

* Next, as far as I know, it only works w/ certain MBs. ie, is my old setups
and based on Windows 98 ONLY! Anything else is not worth trying, though it
just might work anyways, cause it might not be Windows controlable:
-> K7T Pro2-A (MS-6330) - Athlon 900mhz w/PC133 128MB
-> Asus TXP4 w/ Pentium 233mhz MMX w/64mb ram
-> current system doesn't work after all (ECS K7S5A - sorry) but I do get
up to ~9x speed anyways, so it don't matter.

Now, I can't promise it works, but if you have my MB, OR, you have those that don't allow/have UDMA feature changes, than you're out of luck!
See, as you can see in above post, some more people are comming up with
good suggestions to try.
My method is only for last minute resort, but I still don't feel the need
to post it.

Please keep reading other peoples methods that they SAY works! cause they
must! Someone is bound to have the answer for you vs. mine, which prob.
wont!

Ok, I have to log off now.
Good luck,

-vhelp

[theboywonder]

vhelp please post.

click_p_t 's suggestions, although good, have all been tried by me!

(anyone who has researched the problem properly will have read these solutions!)

thanx!

[jimot]

yes vhelp, please post, I need it, I think a lot of people will need your tip.
thanks

[BJ_M]

Ok here is what I know of that can help you rip faster.

Enable DMA

Install an ASPI Layer

Format your drives with NTFS

Get a 7200rpm Hard Disc Drive

Get a Faster DVD Drive

Upgrade your CPU (i recomend 500Mhz+)

Get a MotherBoard with ATA100/133


I have all of the above (CPU is P4 1.7gig and DVD drive is 12x) and a dvd rip usualy takes about 10 - 12 minutes with SmartRipper v2.41
Other than that I can't think of anything esle at the moment.

Hope this helps you out =8-)

accually you can write to a fat32 formated drive faster than a ntfs drive but i would say use ntfs anyway as you can make nice fat sector sizes for faster writes ... also you can get a nice little scsi raid setup with 15k rpm drives for some pretty fast speeds -- but the deciding factor is still the reading of the dvd device which would be the slowest part of the chain .. if the dvd was on a seperate controler from ALL the hard drives you would have better speed also (get a promise pci controller for example) ..

[vhelp]

Good morning all.

Inverse DMA**
------------------

Ok, based on memory from my OLD T-Brd days, here is the setup, in order
to have this feature work for sure, in speeding up your SmartRipper rips:
* Pioneer 8x DVD-ROM DVD-114 w/ Firware rev. 1.10
-- your HD ie, C: and D: MUST be on their OWN channel ie, Primary
-- your CD-ROM and DVD-ROM MUST be on their OWN channel ie, Secondary, and be
-- sure to place your DVD-ROM FIRST, NOT second! else you'll subject your DVD-ROM
-- to your slower CD-ROM's speed, and you wont benefit this via Smartripper's
-- performance and complaine to me that it DON'T work!
-- * Make sure that DMA is turned on in ALL your drive, ie C: D: CD-ROM and
---- DVD-ROM!!
* K7T Pro2-A (MS-6330) - Athlon 900mhz w/PC133 128MB
--- (any version of VIA 4in1)
--- Your BIOS MUST have access (in writing) that says UDMA w/ different settings
--- for EACH, for ALL your drives.
--- Change only your DVD-ROM and/or CD-ROM's value!! but you may have
--- to change your CD-ROM to match your DVDs'.
--- WARNING, changing your C: and/or D: drive's values will SLOW down windows
--- to exhaustion!! So, make sure your DON'T change C: and D: Just leave alone.
* be running Windows 98.
--- I don't know if this would work under any other OS.
* need I say more see above **

. . .read notes below.

Notes:
* any MB with UDMA (NOT S.M.A.R.T or other variation like MY mb ECS K7S5A)
and has access to UDMA indivually ie, C: D: CD-ROM DVD-ROM, AND can change each
one's value/setting, then they just might be able to benefit this IF, and I
say IF, they are only ripping at 1x or 2x speeds through the rip process.
I'm saying that this may be their last resort/oportunity.
* In my old days of ripping, I use to put up w/ the 1 1/2 hours to rip a DVD
when all others claims bravly that they rip in under 10 minutes. I DIDN'T
beleieve them. But, that didn't stop me. I tinkered in my BIOS and one day,
I was ripping as high as 9x (maybe higher)
* Also, remember that just because you are ripping, don't mean that the rip
should be constant (though it should be) as the speed FLUCTUATES from 1x to
9x etc. So, understand this, and take it as normal. Your ripping speed
will be greater than what is was before this Inverse DMA.
* I don't have this UDMA in my BIOS. I have the S.M.A.R.T feature, so I can't
mess w/ each drive on an indivdual bases. But, then again, my ESC K7S5A is
ripping up to 9x anyways.
* You ONLY need to change your UDMA setting for the CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
and nothing else
* Last, if it doesn't work, "I told you so!!"

GOOD LUCK!!
-vhelp

[eKa]

Just a quick tip, perhaps obvious (but I did not know until recently) in order to fully utilise UDMA you need to have a special IDE cable. The cable is referred to as an '80 Conductor' cable and has 80 wires as opposed to the standard 40.

The extra wires provide :

- Cable Select functionality so you do not need to set master/slave jumpers. The drive on the end of the cable is ALWAYS master.
- Every second wire is an earth, reducing noise and interference

Result, dramatically faster hard drive access times and throughput.

On my Athlon 1600+ the throughput jumped from 5mbs to 62mbs with average seek times dropping from 40ns to 5ns.

However on my pentium 450 the changes were not so dramatic, throughput remained 5mbs however the average seek droped from 32ns to 18ns

Ripping rarely takes longer than 10-12 minutes on the Athlon 1600

Apoligise for wasting time if you already knew...