I am currently running RPC1_104.EXE on this drive downloaded from:

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php

It is RPC-1, but does not have the riplock removed. Is there a firmware for this drive that removes the riplock?

Thanks for any replies!

Is there a riplock for this drive? It is too fast to have a riplock. 11620kb/s is a very fast tranfer rate for ripping movies.

(in reply to jimshu1)

Yea, I thought it might not apply, but I read other references of removing riplock from DVD-ROM drives and thought I'd ask. They must be older, slower drives.

What is 11620kb/s, around 8X?

I can encode a DVD movie in about 12-14 minutes, and encode & burn in around 20-22 minutes. No titles or extras. Is that good?

My system:

-ANTEC Sonata Black Case w/380w TruePower
-ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE. Latest BIOS 1019
-P4 / 3.0C GHZ SL6WK - Not OC'd
-ALPHA PAL S-PAL8952T & 80mm SUNON case80HO FAN (exhausting)
-Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT 1GB DDR400
-ATI RADEON 9800 PRO AGP 8X 256MB DDR 256 BIT
-SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS
-MODEM BLASTER Model DI5633 v.92
-2 x MAXTOR DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 80Gb HD's (non-RAID)
-1 x MAXTOR DiamondMax D740X-6L PATA 40Gb HD
-ASUS Model DVD-E616P2 DVD-ROM
-NEC Model ND-3500A DVD+-RW
-ASUS CRW-4816A CD-RW
-19" Monitor: SAMSUNG 955DF / Model PG19JSBL
-Windows XP Pro 5.1.2600 SP2 w/all updates
-LinkSys BEFSR41 v3 Cable/DSL Router and Cable Modem

Thanks for the reply!

(in reply to Iggy)

Yes 11620 is around 8.5X, and this is the average speed, not the end speed, which means FAST.

Yes the time is very good but I also have a 3.0Ghz system with 1Gb DDR or 768DDR2, not all together it depends on what's free, and I need 8~9 minutes, why? Does your CPU has 1Gb cache? What about the HDs?

(in reply to jimshu1)

My P4 is a Northwood with 512Kb of cache. The two SATA HD's I use for burning have 8Mb cache.

Is your 8 minutes for encoding and burning, or just encoding?

Thanks again for the reply!

(in reply to Iggy)

8 minutes only for encoding off course. The burning time depends on what media I will use and its speed.

I don't know mayde the cashe makes this small difference, mine is 1Mb( 775 socket), or the HDs which are not SATA. No big deal, I just thought I should mention it.

(in reply to jimshu1)

Thanks Iggy!

(in reply to Iggy)

quote:

ORIGINAL: jimshu1

I am currently running RPC1_104.EXE on this drive downloaded from:

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php

It is RPC-1, but does not have the riplock removed. Is there a firmware for this drive that removes the riplock?

Thanks for any replies!

What do you do for encryption? I keep running into that problem.

(in reply to jimshu1)

That is a different problem. It doesn't have anything to do with the drive that I'm aware of. I make backup copies with this drive being my reader.

I have read other posts that this drive doesn't like encryption, but I haven't had any problems.

(in reply to 93sc)