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luggs
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_ 		25. April 2002 @ 11:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wonder if anybody can enlighten me what is the minimum computer spec for DVD ripping please .
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A_Klingon
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_ 		25. April 2002 @ 20:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It sure doesn't take much. Ripping is probably the least demanding of all dvd-ish functions.

Use a decent quality dvd-rom drive and a fast hard drive. Your computer, even a very slow one, will successfully and completely rip a dvd at it's own pace. Basically, you're just copying files. For that, *any* ol' Pentium will do. Defragging the HDD wouldn't hurt, and be sure it has, say, 5-8 free gigs of available space. It's everything *other* than ripping the disc you have to worry about in terms of minumim specs.....

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luggs
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_ 		26. April 2002 @ 10:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks Klingon for the prompt reply , I have AMD K62 500 with 196 ram 32 meg graphics and plenty of hard drive space . A friend of mine said you needed something like a P4 oo a Athlon 1.6 to do this process as it is very processor hungry process . As you may guess Iam a very newbie and I would be interested what you would consider to be a good DVD drive at a reasonble price ? and what to look for in a DVD drive
also you said "other" process to worry about could you be more specific please concerning hardware requirements .
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_ 		28. April 2002 @ 02:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi luggs.

My dvd-rom is a Pioneer DVD-115, about a year old. I forget what I paid for it, but I *think* it was about $250 Canadian. They're getting cheaper all the time though.

No, ripping a dvd is not particularly processor-intensive. The quality of the drive itself is more important, because the data will rip only as fast as your HDD and dvd-rom will comfortably permit.

I wouldn't know which dvd-rom to suggest - I guess they're all pretty good; my Pioneer has worked perfectly from Day 1. There are no other "hardware" requirements I know of.

Processing power comes in when you're actually encoding the ripped files to whatever format you wish. The faster your processor, the faster the encoding will be. But even a slow processor here will get the job done fine - it will just take longer. The resulting compressed files should be identical *whatever* your processor speed.

Your 500 should be fine. (Mine's an old Intel 450 - shhhhh.....don't tell anyone).

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luggs
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_ 		28. April 2002 @ 03:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks again Klingon , I thought i was the only one who had shall I say a lower spec machine only joking . I have spent in the past £££££££££
on upgrading only to find a minimal performance upgrade so i have tended to wait till it is a real dinosaur like a 486 or something see what i mean . I have seen a Panasonic DVD rive which which reads at 16 and 48 speed for £50 may go for that thanks again bye
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