DVD Decrypter problem

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DVD Decrypter problem

Postby GreenT » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:22 am

Yeah, just like the title says, I'm have a problem with DVD Decrpyter. It seems that everytime I try to rip something, the buffer bar rises to the high 90's...Is there anyway I could fix this problem? I already tried re-installing or getting an update, but it doesn't seem to help. And, my disk drive is pretty much brand new.

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Postby Willen » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:06 am

There are a couple of reasons I can think of why this is happening.

1. Loose IDE cable. Kinda unlikely, but I've seen stranger things.

2. The more likely culprit: your drive is on PIO mode instead of DMA. This site explains how to enable it: http://www.onthegosoft.com/dma_setting_nt.htm and this site has a few ways aside from uninstalling your drive and rebooting if you run into Windows XP's PIO mode "safeguards": http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

It is also possible that your drive sucks ass for DVD ripping. My DVD-ROM drive is like this, so I use it only for CD ripping since it does that better than my DVD burner.
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Postby Gepetto » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:42 am

My buffer bar is always high but the rips work perfectly. It never occurred to me that it could be a problem.

And please, when you post an image to illustrate a problem, crop off the unnecessary parts. No one needs to see your Kingdom Hearts wallpaper to help with DVD Decrypter and some have really slow internet (yes, I'm talking about myself)
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Postby Arigatomina » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:33 am

How are your dvds? Any dirt or scratches cause buffering, though scratches tend to give you read errors, too.

Another culprit could be your internet connection. Are you on wireless by chance? Or running a download accelerator that uses multiple connections? Or is that instant messenger online (the one in the toolbar) at the same time you're downloading, while also having that "Jaffo" thingy running?

Try disconnecting your internet and/or closing a few programs before you run dvddecryptor. It's not an awful program by itself - if you cut the background noise and clean your dvds it should do a dvd in a couple minutes. Is it taking 30+ minutes, or are you just worried about the buffering itself?
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Postby Keeper of Hellfire » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:05 am

Did ever something bad happen? I bet no. Your rips were fine. So why you're asking here?

Having the buffer filled isn't bad. It means only that your DVD-drive can provide the data faster than DVDDecrypter can decrypt it and write it on your hard drive. I'd care if the buffer would be nearly empty.

Probably you've heard about buffer owerflow and that it can cause damages. But that has nothing to do with the level of the buffer that you see.
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Postby GreenT » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:20 pm

Arigatomina wrote:How are your dvds? Any dirt or scratches cause buffering, though scratches tend to give you read errors, too.

Another culprit could be your internet connection. Are you on wireless by chance? Or running a download accelerator that uses multiple connections? Or is that instant messenger online (the one in the toolbar) at the same time you're downloading, while also having that "Jaffo" thingy running?

Try disconnecting your internet and/or closing a few programs before you run dvddecryptor. It's not an awful program by itself - if you cut the background noise and clean your dvds it should do a dvd in a couple minutes. Is it taking 30+ minutes, or are you just worried about the buffering itself?


Well, I popped in my Excel Saga volume 3, and I only selected the files I needed. It took about 25 minutes, and I didn't have anything running and I also disconnected the internet. And the disk doesn't have any scratches.

I think, though, that my hard drive is the problem. I have two of them, and right now, at this very moment, it's only taking about 13 minutes to rip the files at a 4.5 rip speed. If I had saved them to my other HDD, it would've taken 25 min at a 2.5 rip speed.
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