Dedicated DVD rippin' system ???

DREEMTHEEF

DREEMTHEEF

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Thanks for reading....

After abit of feedback from the CdrSoft possie.

If you were going to build a dedicated system just for ripping DVD's to MPEG1/VCD what mobo and CPU would you go for??

I would of course require a DVD drive, that would be a LiteOn 163 and a burner, again a LiteOn x40.
Audio and graphics could be onboard the mobo, as I wouldn't need anything fancy.
No need even for a modem, as this is a rippin' machine purely and simply.


The importance would be speed, to bring the total conversion time down to as low as possible, to within hopefully a few hours, if that's possible.

Mobo with dual CPU's ??
Memory type and amount ??
Does having a 7200 rpm hard drive speed things up ??

I would want to use an AMD XP chip around the 2Ghz mark, as these are cheaper than the Intel equivalent.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, as at the moment it's an over night job with my P111 @ 866Mhz....that's where the lappy comes in handy, so I can keep on surfin' !!

Oh yeah, cost !!!....let's not go crazy on this one, can't afford a 350 pound mobo ....lol.



Cheers people...


....DreeM :)
 
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shadoe_phantom

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If you have a look at this thread you can get the general idea on how fast things are:
http://forum.cdrsoft.cc/showthread.php?threadid=13736

The question on its own is difficult and simple at the same time.
What I mean is, it all depends on how much you want to spend.
Generally you just go for the highest processor you can afford (october 7 is when the new amd comes out with 333fsb) (dual if that), a SCSI drive will do you much better too (10,000-15,000rpms) than an IDE 7200rpm, but it is better than a 5400rpm.
Descent level of RAM will also help (from 256MB-1G). I would for either 512MB or 1G (no point in going inbetween them as it will only give you a 3-6% difference). The memory depends on the board obviously so if you go with present systems you can go for PC2700 (suggest mushkin, crucial, corsaire, nanya), but if you wait for the new ones, then the 333 or 400 will do most nicely.
Make sure you have a nice case with good airflow too (as scsi drives get hotter).
As far as DVD-ROM drive, my Lite-On, Toshiba, Sony all work fine so just go with what you like (preferably something that is not hardware locked RPC-2 for regions *or can at least be flashed to region free).
Won't matter on the burner either, since only for VCD/SVCD as long as they can write in those formats and have buffer under-run (just incase). So you can save money on that by just getting something that lasts *or if really cheap, get 2 of something for when 1 breaks down (don't bother with a plextor since often cost twice as much as others).
The OS system won't matter too much, though I would encourage you to use something with an NT system (win2K probs your best choice).

Keep in mind though, that since this is just to free up your other PC for surfing and such, you can go with lower specs (or even get yourself a nicer PC and use your older one for the DVD work lol).
Anyhow, am sure others will give feedback on this but if you need more info, just post again.
Good luck
 
DREEMTHEEF

DREEMTHEEF

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Thanx

Cheers shadoe_phantom.....

nice to get some feedback on this one.

I've got a few ideas involving the Athlon XP 2Ghz CPU.

My reply does not reflect the very full answer you gave me but I do appreciate your time and trouble.


Keep up the good work.


....DreeM :)
 
stimpleton

stimpleton

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i am currently using
msi mobo
256 pci2100 sdram
amd xp2000+ processor
ibm 40 gb 7200rpm hdd
toshiba sdm5120 dvd drive
lite on 48 speed burner

software i use is DVD2AVI and follow chickenmans tuorial but with CVD settings cvd= chinese video cd got from vcdhelp.com

results are fantastic picture and sound quality a
a typical 1hour 20 min dvd take approx 3-3.5 hours

speed could be faster if i changed my dvd drive because it only reads at two speed which takes about 40 mins to rip the dvd

i normally burn to 80min cds which gives a better bitrate and i also burn at 24 speed with no problems

hope this helps
 
DREEMTHEEF

DREEMTHEEF

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cheers..

cheers for the feedback stimpleton.

just wanted to gather some ideas.

Think I'll be going for the AMD XP 2Ghz, as $/Ghz it's about the best deal. The equivalent Intel P4.....wow, is that pricey, think they must be dreaming, as I ain't paying that!!!! way more expensive than the AMD version.

As for your DVD drive comments, I've just changed over to the LiteOn 163 and it's a cracker, very fast. Also matches up lovely with the x40 Litey burner I've got, so the front of my case looks a bit more uniform now ;)


Thanx again...


....DreeM :)
 
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cobra88

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mmmmmmmm look if you don't want a SCSI dirve you should take this very fast IDE H.D just take this and trust me

Western Digital (40 , 80 , 120) with 2700RPM and 8MB buffer ATA 100 or faster.

with this H.D it will perform better than Maxtor ATA 133 and it will be very fast closly to the SCSI drive.

or wait for a new H.D that run in Serial ATA because it will be the best and bette than ATA 133.

and about the DVD-ROM don't take Toshiba i have two drive the Toshiba DVD-ROM 1502 and 1612 and the problem with these drive that they are very slow becaus they read DVD movie at 8x only but the LiteON DVD-ROM read DVD movie at 16x.

and the about the mobo any new one from ASUS or MSI or GigaByte or Abit is good.

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hi stimpleton

look i have a Toshiba DVD-ROM like you and it's only read at 2x but after i update the firmware now it's read at 8x WooooW.

go here and get the 1816 firmware or get the region free 1816 firmware.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/

but before you have to check the current firmware and then select the good file.


thank you.........
 
daveml

daveml

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The fastest cpu you can afford.
Also u will need good cooling as encoding is very cpu intensive and everything will get hot.
Plenty of hdd space is needed too, so u can have movies batch encoded and in various stages of finalising. (cuts edits and repacketsized files).
avoid win 98 as it has a 2gig limit for wave files. this means you have to split a 3 hour movie before encoding with tmpgenc or u will get no audio.
All shadoes advice I agree with and have taken some of iy myself.
 
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ivwshane

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Hmm.. it takes me about a 4-4.5 hours to rip and convert a 2 hour dvd to a 1 cd divx file at high quality.

I use gordian knot for the whole proccess since everything I need to do is built in to it.

My specs:

AMD 1GHz
abit kt7a-r
384MB pc133 cas 2
win2k sp3
46GB 7200 IBM hd
64MB geforce 3
creative 12x dvd
lite-on 40x12x48x cdrw
sb audigy platnum
 
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