New burner is slow...

[JohnCU]

I have an external Plextor 16x DVD-RW and I got it hooked up to my laptop through a USB 2.0 card and it burns fast, but rips slow. Right now I'm trying to backup a DVD and it's encoding at 2.6 mb/s. That seems awfully slow to me...

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
I have an external Plextor 16x DVD-RW and I got it hooked up to my laptop through a USB 2.0 card and it burns fast, but rips slow. Right now I'm trying to backup a DVD and it's encoding at 2.6 mb/s. That seems awfully slow to me...

It's slow when ripping because of riplock feature located within the drive's firmware 🙂
What is Riplock?
Riplock is the feature of a drive that limits the speed at which DVD-Video discs are read. Its purpose is to make the drive quiet while you are watching movies. As a side effect, it also slows down the ripping of DVD video discs. The exact limited speed varies depending on the model of the drive. It is usually between 2X and 5X.
Some drives can only bypass riplock using hacked firmware. Some can do it with a software tool. With Plextor it is very easy, you just hold down the eject button as described in the manual. (There is more to it than just holding it down at any old time. Just read your manual. )

Some older drives do not have riplock at all. There are both DVDRom and DVDRw drives in existance that have riplock.

 

[JohnCU]

thanks!

 

[JohnCU]

I turned it off, and the drive is much louder now, but it's still ripping slowly. Any other ideas?

 

[Baked]

Yes, should've bought a Lite-On instead. Well, ok, go to club.cdfreaks.com and check out their Plextor sub forum, you'll find your answer there.