blaku92 wrote:I couldn't find any docs on my DVD-ROM drive, but here's it's name:
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B
Does that help any?
Here's the spec page for your DVD-ROM:
LG Elec. GDR-8163B 16x DVD-ROM Drive
You should be able to get more than 2,444 KB/s read rate from that drive. My Sony DRU-720A 16x DVD+/-RW drive maxes out at 21,600 KB/s (16x), as should your DVD-ROM. The 16x max speed isn't achieved until the outer edges of the DVD (near the end of ripping a fully recorded DVD). My drive starts the ripping at around 8x speeds (1x = 1,350 KB/s).
Your DVD drive is probably running in PIO mode which is limiting it's maximum transfer speed. I've had it happen before when I tried to rip some really crappily-made bootlegged or badly scratched DVDs. Microsoft, in it's infinite wisdom, starts to throttle down your DVD drives performance when you start getting repeated read errors (
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx). Unfortunately, their "solution" for re-enabling DMA doesn't work since the downgrade essentially becomes permanent from a Windows OS standpoint.
To (attempt to re-) enable DMA, or to check if DMA is enabled:
http://www.cdrlabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7625
If the above fails, a link in the second post goes here:
http://www.cdrlabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6645