Reading from a burned DVD is very very slow..

[imported_myst]

Any ideas why?
My dvd reader/writer is 8x4x12x.. is this too slow? Do quality of CDs matter a lot? will i notice a large change if i upgrade my dvd reader/writer?

 

[imported_myst]

 

[The Boston Dangler]

There are many, many reasons for this.

Is it the drive, or your computer that's slow?
Is the drive properly set for master/slave/Cable Select?
Is DMA enabled on the DVD drive?
Are you reading from the DVD and writing to a HDD on the same channel?
Is the IDE channel being choked by another device?
Was the DVD+/-R burnt on a different drive?
Does the disc have a lot of errors?
Is the disc a totally cheap piece of crap?

And on, and on, and on

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
There are many, many reasons for this.

Is it the drive, or your computer that's slow?
Is the drive properly set for master/slave/Cable Select?
Is DMA enabled on the DVD drive?
Are you reading from the DVD and writing to a HDD on the same channel?
Is the IDE channel being choked by another device?
Was the DVD+/-R burnt on a different drive?
Does the disc have a lot of errors?
Is the disc a totally cheap piece of crap?

And on, and on, and on

the possibilities are endless... (that's a company slogan for a product I think)

 

[imported_myst]

Is it the drive, or your computer that's slow?
drive, computer runs movies fine (theres movies on the dvd)

Is the drive properly set for master/slave/Cable Select?
yes

Is DMA enabled on the DVD drive?
yes

Are you reading from the DVD and writing to a HDD on the same channel?
??

Is the IDE channel being choked by another device?
??

Was the DVD+/-R burnt on a different drive?
no

Does the disc have a lot of errors?
no

Is the disc a totally cheap piece of crap?
maybe



if you guys were to burn a movie onto a dvdr, how long does it take u to scroll the movie in media player or open it? is it a long wait?

 

[imported_myst]

Is it the drive, or your computer that's slow?
drive, computer runs movies fine (theres movies on the dvd)

Is the drive properly set for master/slave/Cable Select?
yes

Is DMA enabled on the DVD drive?
yes

Are you reading from the DVD and writing to a HDD on the same channel?
??

Is the IDE channel being choked by another device?
??

Was the DVD+/-R burnt on a different drive?
no

Does the disc have a lot of errors?
no

Is the disc a totally cheap piece of crap?
maybe



if you guys were to burn a movie onto a dvdr, how long does it take u to scroll the movie in media player or open it? is it a long wait?

 

[Sforsyth]

do some DVD's read faster? Spyware? when you say reads slow do you mean when you are watching the DVD or ripping one?

 

[imported_myst]

watching divx avi's off a dvd i burned..
but i just wanted to know if you guys experience a huge lag when opening or scrolling movies when you watch them from dvds (burned divx avis)?

 

[imported_myst]

do you guys experience a huge lag when opening or scrolling movies when you watch them from dvds (burned divx avis)?

 

[imported_myst]

do you guys experience a huge lag when opening or scrolling movies when you watch them from dvds (burned divx avis)?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

nope

 

[imported_myst]

none at all?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Using a full dual layer DVD-ROM (Trainspotting International Version), played on Nero Showtime, 10 second skip forward/back is almost instant. Jumping from near the beginning to near the end takes about 3 seconds max.

I don't have any .avi, .mov, .wmv et cetera burnt to disc, but i expect it to be the same. Maybe better since the files are smaller and a DVDR is only single layer.

Strange, the box says International Version, yet the discs are Region 1 only.