Slower Macs and DVD Backups query

Hello all first post here and im very wet behind the ears so bear with me, i have a 700 mhz mac and an external lacie d2 dvd rw burner i was wondering if my macine in conjuction with the burner would be able to handle the task of backing up my dvd collection any help given would be greatly appreciated.

 

You'll need at least 15G of hard drive space.

 

I have iMac G3 400mhz, and external Lacie D2, and no problems what so ever. Almost 100% results, if you use proper DVD-R -media and the source disc is fine. I also burn only 4X, not faster and not slower.

Ripping takes about 30 min (give or take), and compression about an 1 hour (give or take), but results have been great (if you can call "compression" great in the 1st place, since basically it sucks).

 

G3/300:
1. Rip 15-30 min on DVR-105
2. Compress dvd9 a little over an hour
3. burn at 4x no problem

G5 Dual 2.0GHZ

1. Rip 15-30 min on DVR-106D
2. Compress dvd9 4-11 minutes
3. Burn 4x

Mainly it's the compression that takes the time.

 

Thanks for your replies i'll be giving it a go some time this week

 

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