A Special Newbie

[sinvids]

Hi everyone,
Ok, I am blond. Here is my problem. I have searched and searched for the answer but don't seem to understand the resposes that people are getting (we're talking REAL newbie). I don't really understand the techie stuff and would appreciate just a simple click here and take that checkmark off kind of answer. Now, I have a pretty fast computer with a 40 gig hard drive. I am currently using DVD Shrink and Nero (came with the 16x burner). My burning speeds seem to be extremely slow. When I analyze my dvd it takes about 2-3 mins with DVD shrink. But when I click backup, it usually takes about 2-3 hours. And the burning time takes about 20-30 minutes. What am I doing wrong? I read the forums but can't seem to find an answer I understand :-( I know others are getting great times (15-20 mins). When I back up, I do click the sharp feature, but if I don't it still takes about and hour and half. Can someone please help me...

Thanks!
Natalka
PS I don't know what ISO is...

[bongoman31]

Check the burn speed of your DVD drive/burner; Nero doesn't control that. Some older ones are slow, like 2.5 times as opposed to 8x or 16x. But your time still seems WAY slow, so could be some other compatibility problem. With a solid, fast computer, like you describe, everything at default settings should give you a 20-30 min. result.

[reboot]

Do a search on "DMA setting".

[lark]

what's your problem?
long shrinking time
or long burning time?
or both ;-)

regards
t :)

[sinvids]

both :(

[lark]

i wouldn't consider 20-30 min to burn an issue.
which burning speed are you using?

you sais that you have a fast computer. what do you consider fast?
it's either your CPU or HD that's the bottleneck in shrinking.
please check that you have DMA enabled for your HD.
and how much RAM do you have? (i guess you are not running any CPU intensive progs in the background).
sorry to say, but i'd say 40Gb is not much (but it's not an issue here).

regards
t :)

[sinvids]

My ram is a 256mb. The cpu I'm not sure, but my ex built it and he loved all the fastest stuff. I checked on the DMA and it is enabled. Question, to burn a disc, I click open disc, then just backup? What is the re-author feature for?

[bongoman31]

It's for when you want to take things out, like menus or extras. You should take a look at the Shrink guide on this site... it's not overly technical, and only a few pages long.

[Jeff D]

I don't have any machines close to 256MB, isn't that really small by todays standards?

You times don't seem too outrageous to me if you are burning at 2.4x
Normal burn speeds would be:
2.4x burn in 22 minutes.
4x in 13 or so
8x in about 7 minute
16x is about 3 1/2 minutes

Don't forget to add the verify time if you have that option checked.

[dani82]

256mb of ram is standard for the average pc user, especially when store bought

ripping time depends on many factors: priority in dvd shrink(perference), compression ratio, size of the dvd, programs running in the background, speed of the HD (maybe), how fast your ripping speed is, and "if your shrinking" the dvd from the disc instead of from the HD

you can only burn as fast as your media(DVD±R/W) lets you (or pc*)


* i had a 24x cd-burner, took 12mins to burn the whole disc (had it returned)