pioneer a05 wont rip with smartripper

[jeex]

a friend of mine purchased a cendyne 4x dvd-rw drive (pioneer a05). we tried ripping "the matrix" through smartripper, it ripped all the way up to the first VOB file and then it just stopped and wouldnt do anything.. so i loaded up trusty old dvd decrypter and tried ripping in file mode, it started ripping and then came up with an error, clicked retry twice but it wouldnt go away, so i clicked cancel and then it began ripping, but only at 2.1x throughout the entire movie.. it took like 40 minutes to rip.

i've ripped this dvd on my liteon 163d dvd-rom and it ripped at an average of 7x.. so i know there is no problem with the disc..

the dvd-rw drive is set as the secondary master and we're ripping to the primary master.. dma is set on all drives and the aspi layer is installled..

here are some specs on the system if needed.

p3 950mhz
128mb ram
windows xp (w/ sp1 and all recent hot fixes)

does anyone have any suggestions on what to do to get it to rip faster through dvd decrypter or to read at all through smartrippper?

thanks for any help anyone can provide.

[Tbear]

I would use a DVD-ROM to rip. As the new burners are locked at 2x for ripping. I have both a Sony DRU-500a and Cendyne DRV-105 and both are locked at 2x for ripping. Which is why I use my Lite on 165 to rip.

[jeex]

well thats understandable, i've actually heard of that before.. but it still does not explain why it wont rip through smartripper.

another friend of mine has a sony dru-500ax and it will rip through smartripper (and dvd decrypter), but really slow (2x).

[Tbear]

Does he have aspi layer installed? Other than that? I have had some DVD that smartripper didn't work on. Then I just used DVD Decrypter.

[i-on-s]

Smartripper when i load it up it freezes and locks up on my Cen. DVR-105 and i know its not my system cause i took the dvdrom out and before that smartripper worked fine...something must have went wrong when i installed the dvr-105 or something.

sorry if i mistspelled anything but i just got back from a friends b-day party and i did some drinkin

[jeex]

tbear,

the aspi layer is installed. cd burning & dvd burning works just fine.. i insatlled the aspi layer on this computer, so i'm sure of it.. i'm thinking of trying a firmware upgrade to see if that helps..

if anyone has any further suggestions, they would be appreciated.

[jeex]

the drive had not had its region set, and that was preventing it from ripping in smartripper and why dvd decrypter was giving error messages (yet still ripping).

region has been set, drive rips without any problem (except the fact it rips at 2x)

[Tbear]

Glade to hear you got it working.