What is the average rip speed of a dvd?

[50]

Hello, I used to get around 3-4000 kbps on my dvd's but lately it's been 1-2,000 which is about an hour to encode a dvd. Can someone explain to me is it my dvd drive, my PSU, the discs? Or could it be I updated my firmware and I heard NEC added features to slow ripping speeds (does that even effect my dvd-rom?)? Thanks

 

[Andres3605]

have you change the ide controller ??

 

[50]

I'm not sure what you mean. I have my jumpers set to Cable select. Is there a setting in the Device manager I should change? I'm not sure about all those DMA settings. If someone could tell me what they should be that would be nice


I was looking at my settings and apparently my dvd-rom is in PIO mode only. Is that bad?

My dvd burner is in Ultra DMA mode 2

My HD is in Ultra DMA mode 5


What does this mean?


Also I'm looking to update my firmware to get rid of this rip lock. I looked at herrie's site, I got binflash. Which firmware do I choose? 1.08v2-3 or 1.08v2? Thanks

 

[V00D00]

I have 3 of that same NEC drive. It's just not a good ripping drive because the speed is limited to 2x. You can get firmware hacks that will unlock it to 8x, but the best solution here would be get a DVD-ROM drive that you can use to just rip movies. If you get a Pioneer or Aopen drive or something for just ripping, you can do it in under 10 minutes at around 16x.

Yes, PIO mode is terrible. I couldn't even burn a dvd when my drive was set to PIO mode.

 

[50]

Originally posted by: V00D00
I have 3 of that same NEC drive. It's just not a good ripping drive because the speed is limited to 2x. You can get firmware hacks that will unlock it to 8x, but the best solution here would be get a DVD-ROM drive that you can use to just rip movies. If you get a Pioneer or Aopen drive or something for just ripping, you can do it in under 10 minutes at around 16x.

Yes, PIO mode is terrible. I couldn't even burn a dvd when my drive was set to PIO mode.

Sorry for the confusion, I have been using a dvd-rom for ripping and was wondering if by updating the firmware it somehow put riplock on both my drives. How do I get my dvd-rom off PIO mode? I bet that is what is causing my problems.

 

[V00D00]

Well then. You've ben had. 4,000kb/sec isn't even close to 16x. Not to mention the fact that you're not even getting that speed anymore.

Maybe your drive is just crapping out on you.

Either way, here's how to enable DMA:

Right click on my computer, Properties, Hardware Tab, Device Manager, find the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section, right click on the channel, properties, advanced settings tab, and select "DMA if available".

Oh yeah, and it's NEVER good to have a CD or DVD-rom drive on the same channel as an IDE drive. If your CD/DVD-ROM is UDMA-33 (which pretty much all of them are) then your hard drive will be running at that terribly slow speed as well.

 

[gullyrip1]

A gift from me to you http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=86

 

[agnitrate]

Sometimes firmware or programs limit your DVD ripping speed. Check out the link gullyrip1 gave you and see where your problem is at.

-silver

 

[SkyBum]

Just had to say thanks for the CDfreaks link! Guess I know what I'll be reading for the next week or so.....

 

[gullyrip1]

That's what these forums are for. I've received so much help from you guys it feels good to give back.

 

[50]

Hello everone, I think I am confusing everyone. I use my SONY DVD-ROM in my sig for dvd ripping. It is on the same channel as my NEC dvd burner. The drive seems to be stuck on PIO mode. I can't get it to go to DMA even after I uninstall the driver and reinstall it. Any ideas?

 

[LTC8K6]

Uninstall the controller in device manager and let Windows redetect it. This should reset the IDE controller error counter and give you back your UDMA mode.

If this keeps happening, you need to check into possible reasons for the errors. That's why Windows is dropping the drive into PIO mode. Maybe try a new cable.

 

[50]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
Uninstall the controller in device manager and let Windows redetect it. This should reset the IDE controller error counter and give you back your UDMA mode.

If this keeps happening, you need to check into possible reasons for the errors. That's why Windows is dropping the drive into PIO mode. Maybe try a new cable.

Thank YOU! My DVD rom is back at it's normal speeds in UDMA mode thanks again