Dvd read/burn times

[schultzey11]

I have a Tyan Mpx 2426 motherboard with dual AMD Mp 2000+ processors. My system also has 512mb of Crucial ECC memory, 36.7gb Seagate SCSI hard drive (which is were I make the image of the dvd I want to copy), 160mb/s scsi controller, cendyne 4x dvd+r burner, and an additional western digital ide 120 gb hard drive for other storage.

I am using dvd copy xpress to read and burn the dvd. However I have noticed extremely long reading times and burning times. One of my friends has an intel p4 2.4 ghz and he is reading and burning the dvd in 10-15 minutes. The burn time may be a little longer. It will take my computer about 1 hour to read and another hour to burn. I e-mailed the software provider and he told me it was because my processors were slower. Will that have that much of an effect on the reading and burning times, or should I be looking for something else?

 

[chocoruacal]

Your friends system reads, splits/transcodes, then writes a DVD in 10 -15 minutes? Thats not true. I think you're getting your terminology mixed up! Your drive (probably a NEC) should take about 30-40 minutes to read and entire disk. Then maybe another 20 minutes to split/transcode. Then about 25 minutes to burn a disk at 2.5x speed, or 15 minutes at 4x speed.

Try different software to rule that aspect out. Read a DVD with DVDecryptor and write one with it or Nero.

 

[schultzey11]

My friend's system reads the dvd in 15 minutes, then burns it in another 15-20 minutes.

My burner is a Cendyne and they say it is has 4x burning capability.

Who makes dvdecryptor and will it read dual format dvds?

 

[poppyq]

You have to keep in mind that a lot of dvd burners will not read a DVD at a speed higher than 2x That will cause it to take a LONG time to rip/encode a dvd. Try buying a $30 16x dvd-rom and you will get much better read times and also extend the life of the laser in your dvd-burner. I use a samsung and others use pioneer, they typically read dvd5 (single layer) at up to 16x, and dvd9 (dual layer) at about 8x or so.