Speed of Ripping

[kjf49]

Hi,

I have recently started using the DVD2SVCD package and have a few queries about ripping.

I downloaded and installed the ForceASPI drivers as indicated, and then installed DVD2SVCD and fired off my first conversion, using the internal ripping, on the Ice Age movie.

The ripping took between 1.30 and 2.00 hours.

When I discussed this friends at work the next day they informed me the ripping should only take around 30 minutes or so, and have kb/sec rates at 4000 and greater.

I have run some tests using both the internal and vStrip options, and also SmartRipper with the following results based on a 1Gb VOB

Internal Routines average 600 kb/sec 35 minutes
vStrip average 8700 kb/sec 2 minutes
SmartRipper average 2500 kb/sec 7 minutes

My environment is as follows

P4 1.7ghz
256k DDR
GigaByte M/b with SiS650 chip set
40gb Hard Drive
Sony DDU1621 vs1.6 DVD
DMA checked on all devices
Windows 98 SE (with all Service Packs applied)

I tested the speed of my DVD using Nero DVD Speed and it peaked at just under 10X and averaged 7.3X

Can anyone shed some light on why I have such a dramatic variation in the speeds ?

Cheers

Kevin


PS. I have had a few minor problems when using vStrip in that it lost the first 20 minutes of a movie, and I had to re-rip using SmartRipper and locked up on another one

[chainsaw135]

I normally ripp movies in about 7 to 10 minutes. I'm using a 16x dvd reader actually its a cheap lite-on but anyways what i might try is unistalling your aspi and dvd2svcd rebooting the computer then reinstalling both, You could also try different versions of dvd2svcd as you have seen doing testing is a good way to finding out things about your computer setup. You might find some answers doing a search of the forum as we've had users in the past that have had problems with ripping speed. I'm sure others could help out with some advice, as i said i've never had a speed issue. Also make sure you dont have anything running in the background.

[mrbass]

I have three lite-on dvd-roms. One of them was only ripping at 2000KB/sec and usually it's 6500 to 10,000. So I tried aspi this and that. In the end what increased it to 10,000 was a dvd-rom firmware flash. Always make sure DMA is enabled too.

[canoner]

Originally posted by mrbass
I have three lite-on dvd-roms. One of them was only ripping at 2000KB/sec and usually it's 6500 to 10,000. So I tried aspi this and that. In the end what increased it to 10,000 was a dvd-rom firmware flash. Always make sure DMA is enabled too.

I have a liteon LTD163, and I can only rip at 2800KB/Sec. What firmware do you recommend on this drive? Thanks

[DDogg]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43748&highlight=dvd+pio+fix

[don_pepe]

normally if you have good harddisks, you should get with dvddecrypter, in my eyes the best ripper, bout 10mb/s or more, if you have enabled dma mode and fast harddisks :)

greetz pepe :cool: