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[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