MBP Superdrive really this slow? Or software?

[ag227]

I have searched and found some previous threads about this but they all seem older and im just so surprised i had to ask..

Im trying to rip some dvds using fairmount to my 13" MacBook Pro that is less than a week old.

The ripping process with fairmount is painfully slow, why is this? It has 2 GB left to copy on the current dvd and 12 minutes to go, which in my head works out at about 3mb/s? The drive itself is hardly making a noise in a quiet room, like its not reading as fast as it could.

Is this just the nature of these drives? slow and quiet?

My old £370 dell used to rip a dvd in about 15 minutes completely.

So is my drive normal (rubbish) or is there likely something making it slow? I cant find any way to change the speed of the drive in OS X. Or is it the software im using?

Thanks

 

[Hellhammer]

Have you tried different software, RipIt for example?

 

[ag227]

Thanks for that, tried mactheripper and it seemed just as slow, so then tried ripit like you suggested and it does seem abit faster. I can hear the dvd drive now too!

Is ripit the recommened/best app out there? I only used fairmount as that is what is suggested in the AppleTV rip guide thing.

Thanks

 

[Blondie :)]

Personally, I use handbrake. I know, I know, everyone uses handbrake. But it's actually really not a bad program. So yeah, haha

 

[ag227]

Handbreak is mostly for converting, i know you can rip/convert in one go but i like to rip lots in one go and then use handbreak another time and leave it going.

 

[Hellhammer]

What I've tried, RipIt is the best. It's not free but you can do 10 rips for free so worth trying and investing if it works