I just got my NEC ND-3550A 16x burner and am trying to copy disc 1 of Walt Disney Treasures Tomorrowland. I wish to copy onto a dual layer disc - so I do not want to shrink (my burner burns dual layer). I have not even gotten to the nurning part as I am stalled on the ripping. I decoded using DVD43 which seemed to work fine. I downloded the trial of 1 Click DVD (because it supports dual layer and episodic DVDs). It was working fine until I got to about 51%, then it literally took over 24 hours to get to 69% and it is still creping along. I expected it not to rip in 2 minutes, but over 24 hrs is crazy! What could be the problem? I am on a DELL with Pentium III, 1133 mHz, 1.13 GHz, 256 MP or RAM. the C drive has 18.6 GB of space with 2.78 GB pf free space left. Is it the processor or do I need more hard drive space? Also, is there really that much of a difference in quality between a dual layer burn and a shrunk DVD-R burn? Can you do episodic DVDs without 1 Click DVD Copy, say, usinf DVD Shrink? What is the right (and cheapest) combo of software to get the right burn? (I plan on using Verbatim discs, I hear they are among the best)Help....
i would get a larger hard drive you need aleast 20GB of free space to rip and burn next check to see if your drive is in DMA mode to do this open device manager click on dvd drive properties if it is in PIO mode deleate the secondary IDE controller reboot computer windows will reinstall the controller on turn on DMA
Beside needing more HDD space, you also should look into buying at least 250 Mb of additional Ram memory. As for burning dual layesr, I think DVD Decrypter gets great results. As for the difference between a shrunk and the non-shrunk version, depending on how long the movie is and if you want all the extras or previews. Most of the time, the difference on tv is hardly noticeable.
as echoed by every one else!!!!!! 1. get more ram, go the whole hog and get atleast 1024 2.Get a better cpu, the slowness can be contributed to your current chipset, a gigabyte 915P board that supports 4 gig of ram is about $100 australian.Add the ram and thats totals about $220. Reasonably cheap.As for the cpu well a 3.2 should be fine prices = about 2 to 300 but still overall thats relatively affordable for most people. The benefits of a quicker machine means no more 24 hour encoding/bvurning sessions but 15 to 20 minutes and baby we have a burnt dvd
Looking into getting a larger harddrive. When I do I'm SURE I will have more questions! I'll post them here. Thanks for the advice
True. Processor speed does play a big part on the quickness it takes to back up. My PC has a 2.70 GHz processor and I can complete a movie in about an hour. My laptop has a 1.50 GHz processor and it takes about 1.5 hours to complete back up. It must be the HDD space. Your processor cannot find empty sectors/clusters on your hard drive fast enough because they are far and few between. Picture this: About 15 boxes on your table all lined up. Box number 1,2,4,6,7,10,11,14,15 all have things in them. When trying to put things in the EMPTY boxes you would have to look for an empty box. Thats why your computer is taking a long time to carry out its orders. Its looking for empty clusters to fill with decrypted files. If you defrag your system it will pull all the boxes that are filled and put them all together, leaving all the empty ones together. Your processor will be able to find the empty clusters much faster if it doesnt have to hunt them down. Or at least something like that anyways. If upgrading is out of the question for now try defrag, deleting all unused programs, mp3s, anything that is unused/unwanted anymore. Just make sure your not deleting any system files or you will have another problem on your hands. Good luck to ya
No offense here, but you don't need DVD43 and 1Click DVD Copy. Here are some free tools you need and will likely enjoy them: (1) DVDFAB Decrypter (one of the best free ripper at the moment) (2) DVD Decrypter (free - still rip 95% of movies/dvds, also a burning engine for ISO file), with the help from PSL plugins + PgcEdit + FixVTS, this is the shit you'll ever need. (3) ImgBurn (free - an ISO image burning engine, from the same author/creator aka LUK of DVD Decrypter) (4) DVD Shrink (free - a useful transcoder, it can rip 90% - 95% of movies, especially older movies). If using "DA + AEC", you'll be happy with the quality in results, unless you're the few that owned any 51" or higher HDTV, EDTV or PLASMA TV, then DVD Rebuilder + CCE SP is the top dog (one of the greatest encoder engine out there). (5) VobBlanker 2.1.0.0 (one of the greatest craps/junks, dummy cells or bad sectors processor) <><>Here is a basic process with free tools<><> <1> rip the movie via DVDFAB Decrypter (only 10 - 15 minutes, get the latest, it's free) <2> PROCESS the VIDEO_TS.IFO file through VobBlanker 2.1.0.0 (only 5 - 10 minutes) <3> transcode your VIDEO_TS file with DVD Shrink as normal using "DA + AEC" or DA alone if you're after speeds. <4> burn your final ISO with DVD Decrypter or ImgBurn For basic ripping and burning, a P3 should be OK. However, adding/upgrading another 512MB or at least 256MB is wise. Unless you're going with DVD Rebuilder Pro + CCE SP, then getting a new system with the latest processor from P4 or AMD is a must. Because this baby (DVD Rebuilder Pro + CCE SP) is no joke, it can take you anywhere from 2 hrs - 4 hrs for encoding a single movie only, but the quality is superb. Again, like the rest had mentioned, it's necessary and or required to have at least 18GB - 20GB of free space for ripping, transcoding/encoding and burning movies/dvds. So it's wise to get an additional external HD or if money is not an issue, then it's wise to get a new system (now-a-days systems usually comes with 120GB of HD).
