How long does it take you to copy a dvd?

smemon

takes me about 40mins on average using dvd cloner 3. (on the laptop of course)

what about you guys?

is it possible to copy a dvd in 10mins (onto hard-drive & burn to dvd)?

Sparky

Using my A64 system, it takes about 17mins with dvd shrink, straight to DVD.

patsyh

about 25mins all in

jimmycrackcorm

Are these times for copying a single layer non-protected DVD?

TommyGun

smemon,
To burn a DVD depends on the write speed of your DVD writer and the media.

Check you spec.s in 'my computer'.

I have 8x writer and 8x media which writes 8 times quicker that it plays ect.

The faster the writer and media the faster it will take to burn.

smemon

ive a ferrari

* 5X Speed DVD-RAM Writing
* 8X Speed DVD-R Writing
* 4X Speed DVD-RW Writing
* 24X Speed CD-R Writing
* 16X Speed CD-RW Writing
* 8X Speed DVD+R Writing
* 4X Speed DVD+RW Writing
* 24X Speed CD-ROM Reading
* 8X Speed DVD-ROM Reading
* Buffer Under Run Protection
* +R Dual Layer Writing

is 40mins average/right though? im no good at maths. well i am but i couldnt be arsed doing them.

smemon

oh yeah aswell as that, does dvd-r or dvd+r make a difference when burning?

i assume theres some difference. am i correct in saying dvd+r are faster to burn to? (heard that somewhere)

TommyGun

It takes me 14 min to burn a film onto a 4.7g disk with 8x

TommyGun

Smemon,
I use DVD+.
DVD- is an older standard and is more suited to older DVD players. DVD+ More suited to PC and has better Error correction code.

There is no 'real' or quality difference between the two.

smemon

TommyGun wrote:

Smemon,
I use DVD+.
DVD- is an older standard and is more suited to older DVD players. DVD+ More suited to PC and has better Error correction code.

There is no 'real' or quality difference between the two.

k, cheers. if its one thing they have to improve on it's copying speed. i hate waiting around on a dvd to burn. even though it takes up little cpu power, it's always there revving up in the background.

1huge1

ive it on my laptop and it takes about 12mins to get it onto the laptop and about 40mins to get it onto a disk
ive a question though if you had a pc with 2 cd drives could you just copy the dvd from the dvd to the blank disk or do you have to copy it onto the hard drive 1st?

smemon

1huge1 wrote:

ive it on my laptop and it takes about 12mins to get it onto the laptop and about 40mins to get it onto a disk
ive a question though if you had a pc with 2 cd drives could you just copy the dvd from the dvd to the blank disk or do you have to copy it onto the hard drive 1st?

you just copy directly onto the cd, no hard drive needed.

but seen as i use my laptop for everything, i end up using the laptop for burning dvd's too. it'd be handy to have 2 dvd drives in a laptop. maybe in the future

lil_lisa

Yeah you could with nero, but you'd need two dvd drives, not two cd drives, dvd shrink is just to get it onto the hard drive, id be lost without it!!!

Blindpew

In my experience it's better to copy the dvd to the hard drive first. If it's a protected dvd you have to anyway. You are less likely to get errors by copying any kind of disc to the hard drive first and the slower you burn the better the quality.

blocparty

quick question what does dvd shrink actaully do? does it rip protected dvds? by the way nero is a great bit of software!

red_fox

blocparty wrote:

quick question what does dvd shrink actaully do? does it rip protected dvds?

Try looking here.

blocparty

that took longer than just saying yes! but thanks for the reply