DVD Shrink 3.2 uses only one core

[kurari]

I just recently got a new cpu and I'd thought I'd test out the performance increase by ripping and rendering a dvd movie. I've read from so many people that dvd shrink 3.2 will use dual cores to do its rendering and cut down time by a lot. However when I try it, it only uses about 15% of one core only. I turned off the low priority option in dvd shrink and still no imporovement, only uses one core 15%. When you have dual core is there something you need to do in windows so that it utilizes both cores when it can? Or is that suppose to be automatic?

[megaclocker]

Dvdshrink is a freeware, i am 99% sur it don't use 2 cores.

If it do something it will use a core for windows and a core for dvdshrink (it will help a little)

[AMDnewbie2k6]

That's weird, on my 3000+ it would take over an hour to encode a movie. Then i overhauled the family PC with an X2 3800+ and it takes about 30 minutes with both cores at 100%

[acruxksa]

I think it might depend on what movie and how much you are shrinking it. I've noticed that my e6400's (oc'd to 3.2Ghz) cpu usage will fluctuate between 60-90% most times, but on small movies that don't need much (or any) compression/shrinking it rarely gets above 50%.

I do see nearly 100% load quite often when running a deep analysis prior to shrinking though.

[kurari]

Actually I figured it out. I was doing straight rendoring from the dvd itself, rather then rip the dvd to the harddrive first and then re-encoding it. Talk about a duh moment. The CPU was limited to the speed at which the dvd could be read haha. But now I rip it first and then re-encode it and it uses multiple cores. However it only uses about 75% not 100% but still better the 15% =P

[Vampire80]

DVD shrink works great with c2d. My shrink time went from 50 minutes with a 640 @3.8 to 25 minutes with a c2d 6600 @2.7.

[DasFox]

Well for times when you want a DVD that you don't care about the quality DVD Shrink does do a fine job.

But if you guys really want to make GREAT DVDs you should look at getting DVD-Rebuilder.

I'll be honest I love as much FREEware as I can get but DVD-Rebuilder ROCKS!

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/

It's not quick but it makes amazing DVDs.