[Dexter]

Hi,
I am using Disc copier to copy .avi movies to make a DVD movie so that I can playback on DVD player..
Now yesterday.. DVD copier took 6 hours doing something and was stuck when i wake up in the morning. Can't tell what happened.. didnt' get any error messages... except for when i rebooted next time.. Roxio starups had runtime error.. lets forget about it..

Now, another thing is .. I have Intel Dual core 1.66 with 1GB RAM and x1400 256MB graphics card. Disc Copier is never eating 100% of my CPU. Its always less than 56%...
Its already taking so much time to convert 2 movies to a DVD (not its fault.. I know its a time consuming thing) and still not using my system resources!! BUT it makes my system slow kind of hogging smth.. since windows take longer to open after I increase its priority though its using <60% of CPU.

I guess its just running on one core of my CPU.. although I have set its priority as realtime, etc .. but no use..

Thanks in advance.

My sys info..

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2


Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Unknown, 1666 MHz (8 x 208)
Motherboard Name Dell Inc. MM061
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 1024 MB
BIOS Type Phoenix (07/28/06)

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (256 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (256 MB)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SigmaTel Audio

Storage:
Disk Drive Hitachi HTS721080G9SA00
Disk Drive ST325082 0A USB Device
Optical Drive _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6650A

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (11576 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 102398 MB (51984 MB free)
G: (NTFS) 136074 MB (12307 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant Cordless Mouse
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port Pointing Device

Peripherals:
Printer Adobe PDF
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB Device Cordless USB Mouse
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

--------[ CPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Properties:
CPU Type Mobile Unknown, 1666 MHz (8 x 208)
Original Clock 1667 MHz
L1 Code Cache 32 KB
L1 Data Cache 32 KB
L2 Cache 2 MB (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)

Multi CPU:
CPU #0 IntelGenuine Intel® CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz, 1662 MHz
CPU #1 IntelGenuine Intel® CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz, 1662 MHz

CPU Utilization:
CPU #1 100 %
CPU #2 100 %


--------[ Windows Video ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 ]

Video Adapter Properties:
Device Description ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Adapter String ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
BIOS String BK-ATI VER009.012.001.009.018652
Chip Type ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (0x7145)
DAC Type Internal DAC(400MHz)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag (6.14.10.6618)
Memory Size 256 MB



[ Processors / Processor #1 ]

Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
External Clock 133 MHz
Maximum Clock 1800 MHz
Current Clock 1666 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade None
Socket Designation Microprocessor

[ Caches / Cache #1 ]

Cache Properties:
Type Internal
Status Enabled
Operational Mode Write-Back
Associativity 4-way Set-Associative
Maximum Size 8 KB
Installed Size 8 KB
Error Correction None

[ Caches / Cache #2 ]

Cache Properties:
Type Internal
Speed 15 ns
Status Enabled
Operational Mode Varies with Memory Address
Maximum Size 2048 KB
Installed Size 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Type Pipeline Burst
Current SRAM Type Pipeline Burst
Error Correction None

[ Memory Devices / DIMM_B ]

Memory Device Properties:
Form Factor DIMM
Type Detail Synchronous
Size 512 MB
Speed 533 MHz
Total Width 64-bit
Data Width 64-bit
Device Locator DIMM_B
Manufacturer AD00000000000000
Serial Number 00003085

[ Memory Devices / DIMM_A ]

Memory Device Properties:
Form Factor DIMM
Type Detail Synchronous
Size 512 MB
Speed 533 MHz
Total Width 64-bit
Data Width 64-bit
Device Locator DIMM_A
Manufacturer AD00000000000000
Serial Number 00004078

[ggrussell]

Dont' be fooled by the Duo core Hype. It doesn't really mean that everything will run twice as fast. Most applications aren't even optimized for hyperthreading much less for dual core processors.

What type of AVI? There are many favors. If those are DivX or Xvid files, those are highly compressed which will need to be uncompressed and then recompressed using MPEG 2. Yes, this does take time.

[Dexter]

Thanks for your reply.

Well the future holds for multiple cores.. so its undebatable topic..

I wish techies at Roxio are doing something with this issue..

[John at Roxio]

Dexter, on Oct 25 2006, 01:39 PM, said:

I wish techies at Roxio are doing something with this issue..

We read the posts, dont worry.

[Dexter]

John at Roxio, on Oct 25 2006, 03:05 PM, said:

We read the posts, dont worry.

merci beaucoup