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tt2ent

tt2ent

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I use this program DVD Flick. When it comes to the "Combine Sources" step it uses the HDD the heaviest. The problem is that it only about 24\MBs during this process.
There has got to be a way to utilize my HDD to its full potential during these hdd "intensive" steps.
Maybe put the temporary folder for this program in a certain spot ? idk... Its the longest part of the process of making my DVDs. Ive gotten it down to just less than an hour to make a full 4.3gb DVD in spectacular quality I might add.

HD Tune says my avg speed is 101\mbs bt

O btw nothing is wrong with my hdd. Its Sammy F3 1tb. Sata II interface.
I think my specs are in my sig. (I seriously doubt they have anything to do with it)
 
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What sort of CPU usage are you seeing during this? There are many factors that determine how fast the write speeds are going to be, more than likely your CPU is being maxxed out on one core(or multiple, if the program is threaded) and that is what limits the transfer speed.
 
it has option for how many threads you want it to use. Although I doubt how well this feature is being put to use. I have to run 3 instances of DVD Flick to max my cpu out (just looking down at the task mgr. on taskbar) DVD Flick has option to run 12 threads if I remmber right.
Encoding steps are cpu intensive and then when it gets to the combining sources and authoring steps its more HDD intensive (cpu is barely used at all during these steps).
Through the entire process, even with mutliple dvd flicks encoding different movies I still do multiple things like downloading, surfing and whatnot. Thats what makes me think that the icon on Task Manager isn't accurate. Even when its all green my system doesn't even hiccup.
 
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If it's combining sources it's very likely having to seek around to access the different files, I'd think the easiest way to speed up this process is to put the second source on a second hard drive.
 
Cromewell said:
If it's combining sources it's very likely having to seek around to access the different files, I'd think the easiest way to speed up this process is to put the second source on a second hard drive.
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Im not sure I understand what you mean. Put the movies im converting on drive a and its target location on drive b ?

Im not even getting a fraction of my HDD bandwidth as it is. around 22\mbs transfers going on during the HDD intensive steps
 
When it says "combine sources" what exactly is it doing? I'm working with the assumption that it is taking multiple files and merging them into 1. That kind of operation is never going to be as fast as the sequential throughput of your drive (unless it's solid state, then it'll be similar :P).
 
Cromewell said:
When it says "combine sources" what exactly is it doing? I'm working with the assumption that it is taking multiple files and merging them into 1. That kind of operation is never going to be as fast as the sequential throughput of your drive (unless it's solid state, then it'll be similar :P).
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Yea thats right. Its merging the encoded files, menus, and stuff like that into DVD type files.
 
What about striping ? I am about to study on HDD techniques and configs.

I think I need to put the temp files that DVD Flick uses in a certain spot/close to destination and source ?
Does that make any sensse ?
 
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