is my copy/ burn time way too long??

[rjl24]

have HP pavilion notebook,
celeron 1.8 Ghz,
512 mb ram,
40 gb HD,
notebook with
toshiba sdr 2312 dvd rom, using for reading dvd,
and external type NEC 3500 ag (usb) for burning dvd,
with 2.f9 firmware connected temporarily
with an usb 1.0 connection.

going to usb 2.0 pcmcia card for nec 3500 next week.

nero 6 (most current)
and dvd shrink (ver 3.17 or 3.2)
average 2 1/2 hours - 150 minutes-
per backup to either 4 or 8x blank - or + dvd.

quality of copies so far is excellent.

in device manager for IDE controllers, advanced, transfer mode for 'primary' controller, device '0' have 'dma' set current transfer mode to 'ultra 5 dma mode'
and device '1' reads: auto detection , dma if available, curent transfer mode: not available.

while secondary controller device setting reads:
for '0': 'multi word DMA mode 2'
and for '1' auto detection, DMA if available, current transfer mode: not available.

please advise what i can do to speed up backup/ burning/ copying.

thanks in advance,
robert

[buzzqw]

start without doing multiplr crossposting !

with an usb 1.0 connection.

do you know the trasfer rate of usb1 ?
well, slow as hell !

wait for your usb2 connection

BHH

[theReal]

Maybe the DVD reading is slow also? When I got my DVD burner (Pioneer A06 4x) it was reading Video DVDs at 2x speed, that means it was reading for over 50 minutes until the data was on HD in the first place. I got a hacked firmware that removed this limitation, now Video DVDs are read in 10-15 minutes (depending on their size)

[rjl24]

thanks for the idea.

remember i am using a notebook...

i am using my internal
toshiba sdr 2312 to read DVD
and it reads fine.

i may experiment using the nec to read and write.

the nec has firmware 2.f9, most current.

i suspect strongly the problem is the usb connection from notebook to NEC.

currently it is usb 1.1.

will advise all when i obtain the pcmcia usb 2,0 card this week.

robert

[theReal]

i suspect strongly the problem is the usb connection from notebook to NEC.

currently it is usb 1.1. Probably yes (USB 1.1 is so slow you can't expect any faster reading). But still - quite a few drives are locked to 2x for video DVDs, so if it doesn't get faster with USB 2, you know what to look for.

[rjl24]

hooked up usb 2.0 and all speed issues resolved.

cheers,
robert