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DVD shrink suddenly running slowly
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plette
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26. November 2006 @ 16:25 |
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DVD Shrink is still slow. I've read the other posts and defragged my computer and run a disk clean up. i also ran spyware and virus scan. I checked the instructions on how to look for DMA settings and looked at all the screen shots at the forum and mine are set okay. I also checked the Shrink settings and made sure nothing was checked (per forum instructions). I then went into DVD Shrink preferences and unchecked the box for 'run analysis and backup in low priority mode. However, it is still running slowly. I should add that I also installed a registry cleaner as suggested here and ran that, so I am baffled as to what to do next. Shrink worked fine one day and now it doesn't.
My computer is only about 3 months old and is fast with plenty of memory and hard drive space.
I don't know what else to try. I have noticed that now that DVD Shrink is running slowly, my cursor is also slow. Could that be a sign of something else? Can anyone make suggestions?
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seadale
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26. November 2006 @ 17:10 |
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i too have the same problem, I have tried everything suggested. I'm trying to remember if i had this slowness prior to putting in the shrink upgrade. All this brings me to the conclusion that it is not our pc's or our settings, but something in shrink or maybe the AnyDVD program or another. Many of us are having this slow down just recentley & never had the problem before. Has anyone tried uninstalling the newest shrink & tried with the older one. Still don't know why some people have this new problem & others don't. This is a strange one. Probably something very simple?
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26. November 2006 @ 17:23 |
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The new DVD Shrink is over two years old, so there isn't really an old one and a new one to choose from. Make sure when you are looking in Device Manager that you are looking at Current Transfer Mode and not Transfer Mode and check both channels.
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Car.Mike
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26. November 2006 @ 17:29 |
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This was suggested on other forums as this problem is now being complained about alot. If you upgraded the OS w/in the last week then uninstall all of the updates. Now re-boot and try Shrink and see if that helps. This problem is only affecting certain computer configurations and not all computers. You can then try and re-install the updates 1 at a time and try to find the update that causes the problem. This happened to one of my neighbors as his transcoding time went from 20 minutes to 2+ hours and uninstalling the updates got his times back to normal. I have no idea if this will help your systems but it is worth a shot
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plette
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29. November 2006 @ 13:10 |
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I have finally resolved my show DVD Shrink problem. When I first checked to see if my settings were DMA or PIO, both primary and secondary showed DMA. However, I checked it again while i was actually encoding a DVD and I noticed that the secondary was in PIO and it could not be changed. For some reason, once I started DVD Shrink, it automatically switched to PIO. I then followed the instructions on how to uninstall the driver, and when I rebooted, Windows automatically reinstalled my new driver and all is working correctly.
Everyone having this problem should be sure to check what the settings show WHILE they are trying to copy/burn. I'm back to being able to encode in minutes instead of hours! Good luck!
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29. November 2006 @ 15:45 |
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Glad you got it sorted...happy burning and thanks for the update.
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laddyboy
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29. November 2006 @ 18:03 |
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@plette
If you checked the DMA and it was on and then checked again and it was off, that suggests a potential comm problem on the IDE channel. Make sure the IDE cable is securely fastening to both the drive and the mobo. If it's a ribbon cable, make sure it isn't pinched. If the problem repeats, replace the cable.
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Landisj
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1. December 2006 @ 15:00 |
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See next message- oops
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Landisj
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1. December 2006 @ 15:06 |
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I'm having the same slow down problem- I'm afraid I have done far too many Win Upgrades to return to a old Restore Point. Can you give me more detail about looking for DMA versus PIO settings and restoring the drivers? Is this related to finding 'Current Transfer Mode' that is referred to by previous post? Thanks for feedback- maybe I can restore my read speed from 88 KB/sec to the much higher rates we had last summer!
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1. December 2006 @ 15:54 |
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smotto
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1. December 2006 @ 16:15 |
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I have been having the same problem with DVD Shrink suddenly running slowly. I have read the various threads and tried the suggestions including uninstalling SP2 and the secondary IE channel to rectify the PIO problem. Ran defrag, wiped unnecessary programs and checked my startup processes etc. Everything should be fine but it still runs slow. In addition, it seems to be hogging more of my CPU than ever (265,852K). I am far from a whiz with computers so I'm unsure if this is normal, however, I don't remember not being able to run any other programs while burning before about three weeks ago. I've only had DVD Shrink for a couple of months...can anyone help me out?
Thanks :-)
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1. December 2006 @ 16:19 |
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Have you made a virus scan lately?
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smotto
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1. December 2006 @ 16:23 |
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Yes I ran one today. I also run my crap cleaner and dump all of my temp files everytime I log off the internet...
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smotto
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1. December 2006 @ 16:30 |
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Don't know if this will help, but I have a Toshiba laptop, three years old...I have 25.5 GB of memory used and 48.9GB free space left. My drive is Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R6112 and my writing speed is never any faster than 2X 2770KB/sec...the drive is a 16X though...don't know if that's important.
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1. December 2006 @ 16:30 |
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Can you do a system restore to before you were having the problems?
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Landisj
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1. December 2006 @ 16:31 |
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'LocoEng'- Thanks for an excellent feedback!! I followed the procedure and reset my Secondary IDE Channel since it listed PIO instead of DMA Mode 2. (I have an internal hard drive and DVD player as well as a external hard drive and external DVD burner.) I noticed that the Primary IDE Channel lists 'Ultra DMA Mode 5' under device 0 but device 1 is 'Not applicable'. The Secondary IDE Channel now lists 'Multi-word DMA mode 2' under device 0, where before it listed PIO under device 1 before I reinstalled drivers. Now device 1 has 'Not applicable' in the Secondary IDE Channel as well. Is this normal settings?- your diagrams show both device 0 and device 1 having Ultra DMA mode 5 listed? Recently I had HP tech support take me through a USB chipset upgrade using third party drivers by 'Ali'. I had conflicts and did a system restore which got me back up to normal operation but now I notice I have a 'Ali M 5229 PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER' which replaced the original Master IDE Controller. This may have messed up my Primary and Secondary IDE drivers. Time will tell as I attempt to use DVD Shrink to burn future projects. Any additional feedback would be very helpful!! PS my CPU now runs at 100% during DVD Shrink process! This has been mentioned as a problem by other users.
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smotto
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1. December 2006 @ 16:38 |
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I tried to do a system restore after seeing it suggested in the thread, however, system restore was turned off so this wasn't an option.
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Landisj
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2. December 2006 @ 18:02 |
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I had a chance to use DVD Shrink since reinstalling Secondary IDE Channel drivers- This fixed my problem perfectly!! Getting rid of PIO mode made all the difference- I have no idea how my settings got change to PIO in the first place but it is the reason for 100% CPU usage problem! Thanks again LOCOENG!!
Originally posted by Landisj:
'LocoEng'- Thanks for an excellent feedback!! I followed the procedure and reset my Secondary IDE Channel since it listed PIO instead of DMA Mode 2. (I have an internal hard drive and DVD player as well as a external hard drive and external DVD burner.) I noticed that the Primary IDE Channel lists 'Ultra DMA Mode 5' under device 0 but device 1 is 'Not applicable'. The Secondary IDE Channel now lists 'Multi-word DMA mode 2' under device 0, where before it listed PIO under device 1 before I reinstalled drivers. Now device 1 has 'Not applicable' in the Secondary IDE Channel as well. Is this normal settings?- your diagrams show both device 0 and device 1 having Ultra DMA mode 5 listed? Recently I had HP tech support take me through a USB chipset upgrade using third party drivers by 'Ali'. I had conflicts and did a system restore which got me back up to normal operation but now I notice I have a 'Ali M 5229 PCI BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER' which replaced the original Master IDE Controller. This may have messed up my Primary and Secondary IDE drivers. Time will tell as I attempt to use DVD Shrink to burn future projects. Any additional feedback would be very helpful!! PS my CPU now runs at 100% during DVD Shrink process! This has been mentioned as a problem by other users.
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3. December 2006 @ 05:13 |
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Not a problem landis...happy shrinking.
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plette
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3. December 2006 @ 16:43 |
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Altbough I previously posted I was successful in switching from PIO mode back to DMA, I noticed that for some reason, the settings switched back again! While I can now easily enough switch back to DMA, I hope not to have to do this on a regular basis. Has anyone else noticed that, after having successfully changed the settings back to the correct ones (DMA), that they again revert to PIO? Does anyone know why?
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3. December 2006 @ 17:14 |
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Windoze will automatically switch the drives to PIO mode after "x" amount of read/write errors...I think it is 5 errors. Make sure your discs are as clean as possible before putting them into your drive to rip/burn.
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smotto
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3. December 2006 @ 19:21 |
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The DMA setting has remained on mine since I changed it about 3 days ago...have done 3 burns since then. However, my burn speed is still sitting at 2770kb/sec. Did yours get faster after switching from PIO to DMA? Anyone have any ideas why it's still so slow?
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4. December 2006 @ 02:35 |
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Make sure that you are looking at the "current transfer mode" and not "transfer mode" in Device Manager. Also check to see that your firmware is current.
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smotto
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4. December 2006 @ 08:49 |
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My current transfer mode is set on Ultra DMA Mode 2 (this changed when I uninstalled to get rid of the PIO). Both IDE channel properties are the same as landisj listed his to be after switching over. My firmware version is 1033 and I checked out Toshiba for any updates, but it appears to be the most recent version. As I think I mentioned before, my drive has 16x burning capacity but it seems stuck at 2x (2770kb/sec)...I have checked off the "maximum" burning option within DVD Shrink. Do you know of any other problems that could be causing it to default to 2x? Or, perhaps this is normal?
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laddyboy
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4. December 2006 @ 09:52 |
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If you keep reverting to PIO mode, there is likely a comm problem on your IDE channel. Make sure the IDE cable is securely fastened to both the mobo and the drives. If you have a ribbon type cable, make sure isn't pinched off somewhere. Also make sure you don't have broken pins at the cable ends. If you have a spare cable about, go ahead and change it out.
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