Suggestion for performance enhancement

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mrdata

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Just out of curiosity, once DVD Decrypter loads files into the Temporary directory, does anything get written there during processing, or does all of the writing during processing happen in the Backup and Destination directories only?

I'm just wondering if it might be feasible (if not now, then maybe in a future verison) to use AnyDVD or DVDRegionFree instead of DVD Decrypter (at least optionally), and rip on the fly during processing (I have a Toshiba DVD-RAM drive which could serve as a source drive). This would save a lot of time, and I would gladly pay $39.95 to register AnyDVD for the ability to do that.

Currently, it's taking DVD Decrypter about 45 minutes to rip a fairly full double-layer DVD before I can even start re-authoring. Is that typical, or does it take that much time for everyone? This is longer than it took to burn a 1X DVD-RW or a 2x DVD+RW, using a new Memorex Dual-Format drive (IDE channel 2 master), which is supposed to be one of the fastest out there. I have an Athlon XP 1700+ system with 512 MB of DDR2100 RAM, and a ATA100 7200 RPM Western Digital hard drive, running Windows XP with all of the latest Microsoft updates.

Another way this would save time is that, of course, only the files needed for the reauthored version would need to be ripped. In a perfect world, the processing could actually write directly to the DVD burner instead of a destination directory on the hard drive, but I suspect that may be too much to even hope for. Plus, of course, that would likely result in a lot more coasters, because there's no opportunity to test the reauthored version before burning, although even a successful playback on the computer is no guarantee that a burned DVD will work in the set-top player.

Just a thought.
 
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fredthompson

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You misunderstand what is happening. DVDStripper breaks the files into their smallest component then reassembles them in a custom manner. What you suggest wouldn't save any time. It also wouldn't work with IfoEdit anywhere near as easily as the current method. MackemX says there should be future versions which are more efficient and self-contained. Maybe processing from an ISO will be supported but the non-linear aspect of the process means your suggestion will always take longer unless you can read a DVD faster than a hard drive.
 
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ablindog

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@mrdata

"Currently, it's taking DVD Decrypter about 45 minutes to rip a fairly full double-layer DVD before I can even start re-authoring. Is that typical, or does it take that much time for everyone? "

No. 45 mins is too long with your current hardware configuration. Check to make sure that DMA is enabled for your ripper. However, if you are ripping with your burner, it will be much slower than a 16x DVD-ROM that you could pick up for around $40.

My rip time for a full tilt dual-layer is 12-15mins and 5-8mins for a DVD-5.

YMMV
HR
 
MackemX

MackemX

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fredthompson said:
Maybe processing from an ISO will be supported but the non-linear aspect of the process means your suggestion will always take longer unless you can read a DVD faster than a hard drive.
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if you mount the ISO image, you can then use DS to process the image via DVDDecrypter
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@mrdata, though it would be faster, writing direct to Disc is a big NO NO in my eyes. As you say, Imagine the coasters you would get if people tried to strip a DVD direct. It's always best you fully test your DVD before and the small price of a few minutes testing is less costly than creating coasters. Ifoedit DVD play is a good way of testing DVD playback, but players such as PowerDVD are not as they will play mostly anything

you will always have to rip to the Hard Drive with DS, no matter what so I guess DS will never really need ANYDVD when DVDD does the job for free :)

I would look into either getting a cheap DVDROM or flashing your firmware to enable the DVD to rip faster
 
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