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Transfering non copy protected DVD to a PC
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21. November 2009 @ 08:00 |
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The only time I have transfered a DVD to a HDD is when I use CloneDVD2 (or DVDFab). To make a long story short, I have some 'home made' DVDs' that have playback issues and I wanted to transfer the DVD to a PC so another program can 'clean' up the files.
Since there isn't any CP issue, I did a simple C&P from the disc to the HDD. The process took about as long as it would if I used a DVD ripping program. I assumed this would of been a 'simple' file transfer that wouldn't take that long (for the size).
When I did this C&P, was the O/S (XP Pro) doing a 'ripping' process instead of just transferring data as if the files were other than a video?
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scum101
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21. November 2009 @ 15:02 |
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it takes a while to copy an entire dvd to the hdd .. is dma enabled? .. if the disk is scratched after 30 errors xp puts the drive into very slow pio mode.
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21. November 2009 @ 15:10 |
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Yes on DMA. No scratches and no known errors.
Let me rephrase the question;
What is the difference between doing a C&P, or D&D and using a DVD ripper program as far as the actual transfer of files between the optical disk and the HDD?? Is five minutes a average transfer time between a full DVD and a HDD?
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21. November 2009 @ 21:03 |
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With or without encryption, your transfer speed is limited by the read speed of your optical drive/write speed of your HDD. The quality of the burns matter also. Five minutes for a full DVD SL, is good enough.
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22. November 2009 @ 08:37 |
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Ok, but how about the other question?
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22. November 2009 @ 08:48 |
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Originally posted by videobruce:
Ok, but how about the other question?
If you mean do you need to use a ripper program for a non-encrypted DVD or the difference in time between using that and a simple copy/paste, as per
cyprusrom there shouldn't really be a difference.
Personally i've preferred to use simple copy/paste of anything non-encrypted for many years now, though sometimes i use good old DVD Decrypter, though not much need really as copy/paste is more than sufficient.
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22. November 2009 @ 11:49 |
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Copy&Paste is good - as long as there are no scratches on the disk.
If, for some reason, there are errors reading the files, Copy&Paste will fail, whereas a ripping program will try to re-read or work around the error.
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22. November 2009 @ 12:00 |
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Indeed, DVD Decrypter is good for this, once the copy speed drops right off you can see it struggle, and sometimes crap out due to read errors, which can be caused by CRC errors ie corruption.
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22. November 2009 @ 12:07 |
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I didn't elaborate in my post. That's what I meant by "the quality of the burns matter", if the read might give errors,as attar suggested, you're better off using a ripper...
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