Posted by Voinin on 06/10/06 22:17

Abe wrote:
>> 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

Cool! Except they don't have my DVD burner listed. It's an Emprex
H16X, at that's the number given in the device manager.

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