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Thumper7
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 12:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all,

I've noticed that my dvd burning process time has gotten slower over time. When I open a disc now in DVDShrink the rate is down to anywhere between 35 & 100 frames per sec. The entire process time (from rip thru burn) can take up to 3 hours. When I started burning earlier this year, my overall time would be around an hour. I bought an NEC N3520, 512mb of mem for my girlfriend and installed DVDshrink on her Dell Dimension 2400 computer for her birtday. Her frame rates are around 200 per sec. Both my cd/dvd drives are set to DMA mode. I always use the same folder for my temp files so DVD shrink will delete them automatically. My computer info is:
AMD Athlon XP 2800
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe m/b
ATI Radeon 9800Pro vidcard
1GB mem (2 x 512mb mem sticks in dual channel)
WD 160GB hdd with 100+GB free space
Win XP SP1

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be the cause of the slowdown? My process time should be screaming fast. I'm stumped. Any ideas or help would be great.
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Thumper7
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 12:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh, almost forgot. My burner is an NEC N3540.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 12:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you done a defrag lately??
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Thumper7
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 14:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, prolly about 2 weeks ago. I also run Spybot & Ad-Aware once a week on my system .
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pholmes31
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 17:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i've noticed slower times recently also,but it all depends on the movie,how much info. is on it,and how much it has to be compressed.i have some that have taken 3-4 hours,but i leave the bonus features usually if its one of my favorite movies.i also have pentium 3 which isnt the fastest.
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YOBUZZB
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 20:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Suggest cleaning. Use something like Ad-Aware which is free for basic dnld. Probably have alot of crap and spyware that will definitely slow it down. Defrag isn't enough. Also any unnecessary process(s) running at the time of burning should be turned off. You can do that thru your task manager.
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ddp
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_ 		10. August 2005 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Thumper7
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 17:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanx for the replies. I do clean my system with Ad-Aware & Spybot once a week, but it's had no effect on my dvd backup times. Jus thought of something, could my reader drive have anything to do with it? It's a Lite-on. I can't remember the model # off-hand. Cost me about $25, including shipping.
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ddp
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_ 		12. August 2005 @ 17:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
run ccleaner as it cleans the crap out of windows & Spybot & Ad-Aware only remove spyware not cookies & such!! doubt very much is your dvd rom drive causing the problem.
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