Hi i've heard that there are programs currently out that descramble the css encryption so one could encode a movie without ripping it. My question is ; Do you believe the transcoding speed suffers greatly as it is reading and encoding at the same time? I am using an LG external burner, ALSO can this cause my dvd burner to wear out much faster, or bad for it at all?
I'm not sure about the first question but i would say that the process is bottlenecked at the encoding phase so dvd drive vs. HDD would not make a huge difference. I favour ripping then encoding.
Regarding the second question: dvd drives have a certain life, using the drive to read and encode will use it a lot. It would probably be twice/thrice as long to encode and read than ripping it. You will use the drive x2, x3 more so its life will be considerably reduced.
Anydvd is a program from slysoft.It is a background ripper and pulls off the encryptions. DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter also decrypt,but some newer movies may have to go through AnyDVD because it is updated regularly.
If the movie is a DVD-5 original and putting it on a DVD-5 blank,I can use Nero to copy on the fly,thus no encoding on my hard drive.I just activate AnyDVD and click on copy disc to disc in Nero.
If the movie is a DVD-9 and you are trying to compress it to a DVD-5 blank,then you'll have to encode it to your harddrive.This will take longer,depending on how much compression.
Encoding to your harddrive-then burn- is usually the safest way to back up a dvd. On the fly can be risky.
Ripping can cause a DVD-RW drive to wear out quicker. That's why I have a separate dvd-rom drive along with my benq rw drive.
