best dvdrom drive

[morehead21]

When i rip my movies off the dvd disk it only rips at like 4x max and i have a 16x dvdrom on a dual 3ghz xeon i use dvddecrypter and smartripper am i doing something wrong? are there any faster drives out there?

[pepipocpoc]

Hello, morehead

This have been answered many times.
- Check udma is enabled
- Some recent drives won't at any cost rip faster, no matter the read-speed ; factory lock against piracy.
- 4x is not so bad ; and it makes me think you udma certainly is enabled, otherwise it should rip at 2x. My mistake.
- Some DVDs can be ripped at 12x, others at 2x, it depends on the content...

I'm sorry it won't help you much, but you now know you're not alone.

PS : use the search engine :sly: ; and have a happy new year :) .

[demonmagnet]

The brand and model of your drive would be helpful. There is a possibility that there is "hacked" firmware available that allows more than 4x ripping.