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WHEN YE INSTALL FILMWARE TO A DRIVE IT STAYS WITH THE DRIVE NO MATTER WHERE YE USE THE DRIVE..ITS A PROGRAM WRITEN TO THE DRIVE IT SELF..IN OTHER WORDS ITS PERMANENT,UNTIL YE RE FLASH IT AGAIN...WINDOWS DOES NOT REINSTALL FILMWARE AGAIN,
YOUR MORALE RAG-TAG "IRELAND" RAG-TAG (#4)
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dugg914
Inactive
5 Oct 2003 1:28 PM
This is such a minor issue, I hate to bring it up, but I will anyway.
I use a DVD-ROM drive to read my DVDs, and then my Sony 500A to burn.
Recently, my read time for DVDs has doubled ( a DVD that took 20 minutes to read now takes 40 minutes, etc). It took 25 minutes to read a movie that is only 61 minutes in length.
I unistalled recent software I had put in (Sonic MyDVD) but that did not help.
Any general ideas on what could have caused this, or are there just too many things that could have caused it?
dengar
Senior Member
5 Oct 2003 1:31 PM
dugg914
When is the last time you defragged your harddrive?
Are your drives set to DMA?
RAG TAG XI
chips144
Member
5 Oct 2003 2:05 PM
Dugg914
You need to post more info about the problem. For instance, what OPSYS are you using?
I am not sure how it works for other Windows versions, but for XP-Pro, here is what COULD be happening (it has happened to me many times).
The DVD-ROM I use is running in Ultra DMA Mode2. If while trying to read a DVD, it incurrs reading errors, it automatically scales back to PIO Mode (much slower). Two problems now occur:
1. From this point forward, you will be stuck in PIO Mode. It does NOT automatically scale back up to DMA when read errors no longer occur ( a different "good" DVD).
2. Even though it has scaled back to PIO Mode, it will still report that it is operating in DMA Mode.
Again, for Windows XP-Pro, this is how you fix it:
go to
Start
Control panel
System
Hardware
Device manager
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
Secondary IDE channel (if this is where your DVD-ROM resides)
Advanced settings
Here is where you can see the present mode settings (although as I said before they could be erroneous). Look at Current transfer Mode for Device 0 and/or 1 (depending on your configuration).
Now here is how to reset it:
When you select the Secondary IDE channel, select the tab "Drive". Then select "uninstall". Then close all the windows and restart the computer. Windows, upon restart, will reinstall the IDE driver and set it to DMA. You will then find that your ripping speed is back to normal.
Chips
noexit
Junior Member
5 Oct 2003 3:25 PM
IRELAND...thank you. That was mighty green of you. I thought as much but, you know, the only STUPID question is one that my friend asks...no wait...thats not correct. I remember...an un-asked question. Thats it.
guruka
Newbie
5 Oct 2003 3:39 PM
Win XP USB 2.0 External DVD Writer Issues
For everyone with an external DVD writer (I have been having 4X writing issues with a Sony DRU-500AX in an external USB 2.0 enclosure)Microsoft just released a new USB 2.0 driver for Windows XP that resolved all my issues. I now have no writing issues writing at 4X to any media - Gold Top General 4x, Ritek, Princo, or any others.
See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 822603 and download the update if you are having problems.
.....G
"We struggle between 1% of what we know and 1% of what we don’t know,
but we rarely come across the 98% of what we don’t know that we don’t know."
- Buckminster Fuller
jojo
Newbie
5 Oct 2003 4:49 PM
Has anyone had issues with having Easy CD Creator 6 loaded on their harddrive? I'm considering purchasing a copy, but I'm not looking for problems with Platinum.
AMD Athlon 1500 (1.33GHz)
Asus A7V266
1 Gig DDR 2100
Maxtor 40 GB HD
Promise Ultra 133 TX2 IDE Controller Card
AOPEN DVRW2412PRO
LG GCC4320 DVD/CD-RW
ATI Radeon 7500 64M DDR
S.B. Audigy MP3+
Windows XP SP1
BURNSCLAR
Junior Member
5 Oct 2003 5:01 PM
since platinium my times for burning has doubled,as has moving to hard disc,then i read someone say how often do you defragment hard drive,this is not an answer just a diversion.i have diskeeper 8,this software at the slightest sign if fragmentation defragments,norton system doctor tells me i have 100%.
ireland
Inactive
5 Oct 2003 5:04 PM
NO ISSUES THAT I KNOW OF WITH 6 FOR ME,BUT I WOULD NOT UPGRADE TO 6.1,IT STOPPED PLATINUM SIMPLE TO STOP WORKING..IT INSTALLED A EXTRA ASPI ON THE SYSTEM....WHICH IS A NO,NO...........WHICH I REMOVED AND UNINSTALL 6.1 AND REINSTALLED 6.O AND REINSTALLED PLATINUM...
I HOPE THAT INFO HELPS YE....
BURNSCLAR,
IT NORMAL FOR THE RIPS TO TAKE LONGER IN PLATINUM...
BUT THE BURN TIME WILL BE THE SAME AS B-4 PLATINUM.....
JUST IN CASE CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR DRIVES ARE SET TO DMA,INSTEAD OF PIO...........
YOUR MORALE RAG-TAG "IRELAND" RAG-TAG (#4)
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jojo
Newbie
5 Oct 2003 5:27 PM
Thanks ireland, appriciate your help :)
AMD Athlon 1500 (1.33GHz)
Asus A7V266
1 Gig DDR 2100
Maxtor 40 GB HD
Promise Ultra 133 TX2 IDE Controller Card
AOPEN DVRW2412PRO
LG GCC4320 DVD/CD-RW
ATI Radeon 7500 64M DDR
S.B. Audigy MP3+
Windows XP SP1
KREJ
Newbie
5 Oct 2003 7:35 PM
chips144
Many thanks for the info. I too noticed that
the read time from my DVD-ROM had increased.
30 min has now been reduced to about 16.
dugg914
Inactive
5 Oct 2003 7:47 PM
Dengar and Chips: Many thanks!
I defragged and then followed Chipps instructionss, as my computer had reset to PIO. It is now DMA and my read time went from 1hr19min to 31 min.
Yahoo!
Thanks!
vppn
Newbie
5 Oct 2003 8:01 PM
I use Easy CD 6.1 and have no issues (anymore) with X Copy or Platinum..
Thanx for the tip on DMA mode..
highelves
Inactive
6 Oct 2003 5:52 AM
When can we expect the next update to Platinum? It seems there is to many problems with Platinum to have gone this far without a new version. I know by now most customers must have received their Platinum CD by mail. And are anxious for an update to these existing problems? So, any news on a Update????
Jaybo
Inactive
6 Oct 2003 9:37 AM
highelves,
I'm not sure what version of platinum you are operating with, have you checked the website lately?
highelves
Inactive
6 Oct 2003 9:49 AM
3.1.1
Jaybo
Inactive
6 Oct 2003 9:56 AM
highelves,
You have the latest release, please be patient for the next release. I am not sure when that will be.
Regards,
RAG TAG #2
chapman
Newbie
6 Oct 2003 10:56 AM
my promblens with platium, in both simple & adve. mode ,have gotten readding errors, and lookups. task mager,platium not respuonning,took reboot just to clear screen. drive is keep degfrag.yet at this time drive is exstremly fragmented. and a lost of 3 gig ,defrag drive but the lost space was still fragmeted, was able to use rescue to get movies copyed.and defrag drive and all mat.but still could not account for lost space,till afeww days later the 3 gigs was back. dose any have any secgautions that could help ,have made many knoen good cpoys in betwine bugs.
dell 8300
xp home all updates
60 gig hd 92% free
samsug 616 dvd-rom all fw
hp 300i dvd + R/RW all fw
platium 3.1.1 9.15.03
no DLA, no other copy sw.
igortwo
Junior Member
6 Oct 2003 11:33 AM
Finally got it to work, whew!!! Forum member, almost, confirmed for me (thanks) that I needed to disable my Plextor CD-RW thru the Device Manager. I re-installed prior to that in safe mode and deleted the second gear engine. Let in old DXCS and DXC. The xpress problem of not seeing the new disk to burn too- button stayed greyed out- now worked. Tried a copy with the advanced-with compression- worked also. Used Verbatim 2.4x +RW's. I'll experiment more when I have time with other media. It played on my Sony player- the 'ultimate' test! ;) Thanks to everyone who got me this far- looking forward to the next version. Thanks again- igortwo
Windows 2000 Pro/SP4/Sony DRU-500A internal latest firmware/ using an ancient modified Gateway with an old PIII 1 gig/512 memory. I set the temp folders on my second drive- 5th partition. Hope that helps.
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Bob_T
Newbie
6 Oct 2003 12:03 PM
Chips144-
Thanks for the PEARL regarding changing DMA back to Ultra DMA2 from PIO.
I had updated my Sony 510A drivers after initial problems with Platinum. Sony instructs you to change DMA to PIO for the update! They did not say anything about reverting after that. Anyhow, I changed back to DMA without the uninstall step you suggested. My reads (when I can get them with Platinum!) were also longer then with Gold. I looked at my IDE properties, and although the drive was set to DMA, the transfer rate was PIO. Doing the uninstall did the trick.
I am adding this for others who may have followed the instructions from Sony on updating their burner's drivers.
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Mudshark
Junior Member
6 Oct 2003 12:17 PM
Champman, If you forgot to turn off Norton anti virus that could have been the problem with the loss of 3 gigs. Same happened to me. I don't know about the rest, sorry
chapman
Newbie
6 Oct 2003 12:19 PM
thanks ,but no norton
chips144
Member
6 Oct 2003 12:35 PM
chapman
DVDXCopy, Plat and XPress read the DVD and process the data at the same time. The resulting data is written to a temporary file. If during this process, you abort by any means and for any reason, that temporary file remains on your hard drive. Depending upon how far into the operation you are when the abort occurs, that temporary file could be anywhere from 0 bytes up to 4.39Gb.
The next time you use the program, that file will be overwritten by the new data. If the process is allowed to complete (the output disc is written and closed), the program will then "clean itself" by removing that temp file.
The next time this occurs (loss of hard disc space), look at the default directory where DVDX... puts the file. See if there is a folder that is approximately the same size as the lost disc space. If there is, then you can simply delete the temp file contained in the folder.
NOTE: I am not sure what the default path is on your system, but some posters have reported other problems when they reassigned the default directory. You can check the path when you first open Plat. The default path name will be listed, I think, in the options screen.
Chips
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chapman
Newbie
6 Oct 2003 12:48 PM
ok if i understand right .with a dic that has read error aborts at same spot,trying same dic in a differnt mode can report the same x amout of temp space used till a good write of a dic is made of a good dic. can this {trying to copy the bad dic in deffernt modes.} lock up the program?
chips144
Member
6 Oct 2003 1:15 PM
chapman,
If the particulat dvd you are trying to back-up has a physical problem, it will produce errors at the same point everytime. You can try cleaning it, sometimes this helps. You can try using DVD Rescue. But the point is that when reading errors occur, the process SEEMS to stall. That is because DXC is retrying the bad sectors. I have seen, however, if the error is bad enough (some number of retries, or some other trigger), the program will indeed lock-up. Control+Alt+Del can get you out of the program, but the temp file will remain on the hard drive.
Let's say you try simple mode and you get the problem. The size of the temp file at the time of abort will be dependent upon the position of the flaw on the dvd disc and the amount of the data that was successfully read that your settings dictate should be transcribed to the temp file. Now let us say you repeat the process, but this time choose advanced. The generated temp file size will again be dependent upon the location of the flaw (which is the same) and the amount of transcribed data. In many instances, this will result in the SAME file size. That is because for both simple and advanced, the file structure remains somewhat the same for the 321 lead-in, the FBI or Interpol lead-in, opening credits and actual movie. The difference between simple and advanced MAY only start to influence the file size when the movie itself is complete and the extra files are added. Note, this is NOT the case with all movies, but with some movies.
