Posted by Abe on 06/10/06 21:21

>If I rip a single layer DVD on my drive it rips at a maximum speed of
>about 13X. (This is towards the end since it's just doing the CAV
>read.) But if I rip a dual layer DVD the speed maxes out at about 6X.
>I understand that it reads from the inside to the outside for the first
>layer and then from the outside to the inside for the second layer
>meaning the read speed is going to form sort of a bell-shaped curve.
>However, why is reading slower with a dual layer disc? (I refer to
>commercial discs, not ones I've burnt.)
This is a built-in limitation to make ripping commercially pressed DVD
less attractive. You need patched foirmware for your drive to disable
the "rip-lock" limitation. The Firmware Page has lots of formware that
does this, in additon to removing the region Protection Coding (RPC)
of your drive.

Look at http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php

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