4Stevens4 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Does anybody here use this program? I just started using it the other day and it has me pulling my hair out. I was able to copy two movies with no problem but now every movie I try and burn takes a year and a day. I downloaded one movie that was 1hr 20min long and it took about 20min to download to my hard drive and about another 20min to burn to a CD using Nero. I tried to burn another movie that was 1hr 49min long and the total process was well over three hours. I have more than enough memory on here (80Gig hd and I'm only using about 10Gig) 512RAM and a AMD processor. Is there a setting somewhere I'm forgetting about or is this what I'm getting for illegally copying movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyNice Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 RAM is probably your issue. If you are going to be doing DVD Authoring I would want at least 1GB if not more. You can never have enough RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 512 is an absurdly low amount of memory nowadays and I thank Dell for underselling all PC's with RAM daily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Stevens4 Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 I've been meaning to upgrade my RAM for awhile now and just haven't got around to it. I built this PC 2 years ago so almost everything is ancient in computer terms. I guess I have my reason to finally upgrade now and see if that solves the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I built this PC 2 years ago so almost everything is ancient in computer terms. Ah, building your own PC... I did that once and the damn thing never worked right. My confidence as a computer geek took a huge hit because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Stevens4 Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 I've never had a problem with it to be honest. The only thing I had to replace was the floppy drive and I think I've used it a grand total of five times. I'm going to school for this stuff so I'll probably never buy another brand name computer again. The only name brand PC I ever bought was a Compaq about 5 years ago and that was the biggest mistake I've ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Ah, building your own PC... I did that once and the damn thing never worked right. My confidence as a computer geek took a huge hit because of that. That sucks Rowdy! I've always had success with that but this PC I have now is factory built. I just didn't feel like doing all the research for a good system and decided just to get a basic system with a warranty since I don't play any major games or do heavy graphics. Of course that warranty is up now. As for RAM, rule is always "Buy as much as you can possibly afford". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missparker Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 (edited) gogo and I are at odds about this issue. I happen to think my store bought Dell is dreamy and he is in love with his self-made system. I can see his point. It's made specifically to his needs and I do see how smooth it runs compared to mine. I love mine though and it does what I need it to do. And when I need it to do something else, I guess I can use his. No reason to have 2 monsters in the house. That thing is so freakin' huge! He does have alot more issues with it at times though but it's worth the extra hassle. They are smaller inconvienences I suppose for the mammoth system it is. Edited April 29, 2006 by missparker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogonjdevil Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 For the amount of money I spent putting my computer together Dell would have charged me close to $3000. And the problems I'm running into have to do with the ABIT motherboard I went with. I've never had any problems with ABIT...but it turns out that this particular model for some reason has problems (aren't I lucky). In any event...the problems that missparker talks about are that sometimes it takes 1-2 minutes to load windows. But once I reset the settings in the Bios it goes back to being almost instant. It's a dual core processor machine that I put together for under $1000. I really can't complain. I would recommend building your own maching just for the cost savings...and like I said...it wasn't because it was built wrong...it was a defective motherboard. I suppose I could replace it. But it's kind of a pain in the ass to move everything, especially the processor. Oh and RAM...the more the better. Can never have too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 It's a dual core processor machine that I put together for under $1000. I really can't complain. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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