Ripping & Encoding Simultaneously - Bad?

[consultant]

Is ripping and encoding a DVD simultaneously that bad for the DVD drive?

Is the process a lot faster if you use DVDDecrypter + MeGui as opposed to just using Handbrake and making the DVD the source?

[CWR03]

Considering how cheap DVD Drives are now, I wouldn't be concerned about the lifespan, although they do tend to run noisier than they used to.

As far as speed, decrypting on-the-fly shouldn't be significantly slower as long as the DVD drive stays continually active and doesn't have to keep spinning up to send data.

[setarip_old]

@consultant

Hi!Is ripping and encoding a DVD simultaneously that bad for the DVD drive?For all the (probably) hundreds of thousands of DVDs processed by DVD Shrink and DVD95Copy without any significant postings about "early drive failure", I'd suggest that this is not something to be concerned about...