Can 2 DVDs Be Ripped Simultaneously w/ DVDD?

[TomBrooklyn]

I have 2 DVD Drives on my Computer. Can I use RipIt4Me/DVDD to rip 2 DVDs simultaneously?

I am trying it now and it seems to be working. However, when I started the second one, RipIt4Me warned there was another instance of DVDD running and said there would be some interference.

So, it looks like it's working, but I don't know what the actual result will be. Will these rips not come out right? Might ripping 2 DVDs at once cause problems?

[Inventive Software]

It's possible, by running 2 DVD Decrypter instances, but the bottleneck will be the hard disk, so you're better off ripping one then the other.

[TomBrooklyn]

the bottleneck will be the hard disk, so you're better off ripping one then the other.

Hi, this was a case where I wanted to rip a couple of disks while I went to sleep, so if it took longer ripping two at once instead of sequentially it wouldn't matter.

I have two instances of DVD Shrink that opened and the rips seem to be OK. I just hope they both come out OK on the backups.

[Inventive Software]

They should, but this is one area where you can only find out by trying it. ;)

[snipper_cr]

Ive done it before but it was on two seperate harddrives because I feared a possible bottleneck. I just had one ripping to one harddrive and the other instance of DVDD ripping to the other. It works the same way with burning too.

[Ranguvar]

Hi, this was a case where I wanted to rip a couple of disks while I went to sleep, so if it took longer ripping two at once instead of sequentially it wouldn't matter.
You could just make a quck'n'dirty batch file if your tool supports CLI input, or you could use some form of scheduled task manager, to do them sequentially.

[TomBrooklyn]

Ive done it before but it was on two seperate harddrives
I did it to two different hard drives too. I think they came out OK, but I didn't check them from beginning to end.

[Mike89]

It can be done but it would be much better if the DVD's are ripped to separate hard drives on separate channels. Either having the hard drives on differert IDE channels or using SATA hard drives (which are always on separate channels). Also, having each of the DVD drives on separate channels.

If the two hard drives were on the same channel and both DVD drives were on the same channel, things are going to be slowed down considerably (with possible crashes as a result).

I have two SATA hdds, 3 DVD/RW drives all on separate channels. I can do all sorts of stuff with this combo. Of course it's very beneficial to have a dual cpu to go along with this (so you don't have any horsepower shortage).

Tip: Ripping to one hard drive and encoding to the other hard drive (separate channels) is much quicker than doing it all on the same hard drive.

[TomBrooklyn]

having the hard drives on different IDE channels or using SATA hard drives (which are always on separate channels). Also, having each of the DVD drives on separate channels. Hi Mike,

It's good to know dual (or even three) ripping/encoding/burning operations can be done simultaneously.

I have two SATA drives and an IDE drive on my main computer. I suppose that would make them all on seperate channels, right?

I have two DVD burners installed. I think they're on the same channel. (Is there a way to check that without opening up the computer?)

I only have two ribbon cables and thus two channels I guess. If the burners are on the same ribbon cable, would I be better off switching it so one burner is on the same ribbon cable as the IDE drive, and the other burner on the other ribbon cable by itself?

[TomBrooklyn]

You could just make a quck'n'dirty batch file if your tool supports CLI input, or you could use some form of scheduled task manager, to do them sequentially. Hi Ranguvar,
:thanks: Sounds good, but I don't know how to do that. :(

[Mike89]

I have two SATA drives and an IDE drive on my main computer. I suppose that would make them all on seperate channels, right?

I have two DVD burners installed. I think they're on the same channel. (Is there a way to check that without opening up the computer?)

I only have two ribbon cables and thus two channels I guess. If the burners are on the same ribbon cable, would I be better off switching it so one burner is on the same ribbon cable as the IDE drive, and the other burner on the other ribbon cable by itself?

You could check in Device Manager and see what connected to each IDE controller. If you have two IDE channels on your motherboard (I only have one on mine), you definitely want the two IDE DVD/RW drives on different channels (one on each IDE channel) if there is nothing else connected to them. As I said, I have 3 DVD/RW drives. Two of them are SATA and one is IDE (which I have hooked up the one IDE channel with nothing else).

I also have an external hard drive (hooked up through esata port on back of computer) along with my two SATA hard drives. If I put on movie on each drive, I can burn all three at once with 3 instances of Imgburn, with no slow down whatsoever.