Trick to Faster DVD Ripping

[briandoc]

ok, i'm not sure if this works for everybody, or if it's a trick that most people know about and I just stumbled across it unknowingly, but....

i have an older pioneer dvd 305s 10x scsi dvd reader. it has always ripped pressed dvds (retail, region 1) at a locked rate of 1.5x. there was nothing i could do about it. updated the firmware to region-free RPC1 1.05 version in hopes that maybe there'd be some improvement, but there wasn't. oh well, such is life. however, purely by accident one day, i put the computer in hibernation mode (winxp, sp1). after coming out of hibernation mode i proceeded to start ripping off a dvd (the rookie) and low and behold, the 305s was flying! it was ripping it off at a rate that fluctuated between 6-8x with dvd decryptor 3.1.4.0. i forget the final avg read rate but i was stunned. i put in another movie (band of brothers, vol2) and the same thing happened. i just did it again after having rebooted my pc, i put it in hibernation mode and brought it back out and i just ripped off the "blade" movie, entire dvd using file mode at an avg read rate of 6.0x and a max of 8.4x. it ripped 7.29gb in 15m38s. unreal. it has never allowed a rip past 1.5x on pressed media ever.

is this something anyone else has ever done? did i just stumble onto a trick people have known about forever? is this trick working because it's a scsi drive, because my dru-500a still reads at 2.0x after hibernation? i'm curious as to whether or not this is common...

[NeilPeart]

The Pioneer DVD-305S is supposed to rip that fast. In fact, my 305S consistently rips DVDs @ 8-10X. Perhaps your computer had some problem that was alleviated and you associated this with hibernation. My guess is DMA enable/disable had something to with it (though updated SCSI card drivers, SCSI BIOS update, firmware, ASPI version, etc. can also heavily impact ripping). Perhaps your installation of Windows has become irrevocably corrupt and a reformat/reinstallation is in order. I seriously doubt hibernation had anything to do with it (though who knows; computers can be damn inconsistent at times).

[briandoc]

hmmmm, i've never been able to rip retail dvds that fast. even under win2k. i have always had the latest adaptec scsi drivers loaded, and the firmware on my adaptec 29160n has been up to date for quite sometime. i also have the latest adaptec aspi layer installed... i know i've read quite a few times people talking about the 305s being locked at 1.5x on pressed discs. either way, i'm quite happy. i was going to buy a liteon ltd163 or 166s or the btc drive just to rip. now i don't have to. you could be right and it's just my f'd up pc. i've tested the scenario many times. start pc, then ripping a dvd only does so at 1.5x. start pc, go to hibernate, come out of hibernation, then ripping a dvd happens at 6-9x... who knows

[NeilPeart]

Hey, if it works for you then that's all that matters!