Will a ripped DVD stored on a USB 2.0 external hard drive play smoothly or does it have to be on my computer's hard...?

I would like to rip my collection of DVDs onto a hard drive but want to know if the DVD will play smoothly without breaking up. Thanks. Asked by newbie1312790 23 months ago Similar questions: ripped DVD stored USB external hard drive play smoothly computer's Entertainment > Movies.

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USB 2.0 External Drive Enclosure Belkin's USB 2.0 drive enclosure is a straight-forward design. The kit includes a drive enclosure consisting of a bottom tray, top cover, two side panels and an optional front bezel (to be used when installing a hard drive into the enclosure). Also included in the kit are two sets of screws (fine threaded and course threaded depending), USB cable, power cord, a driver CD for Windows 98 SE users and a small pamphlet detailing installation of a drive into the enclosure.

The enclosure itself will support a single 5.25 inch half-height optical drive or a standard 3.5 inch desktop hard drive. The drives must use one of the IDE standard interfaces up to ATA-100. Belkin USB 2.0 Enclosure PartsInstallation of the drive is fairly simple.

The optical or hard drive is set to be a single master drive configuration and the cabled plugged into the IDE, power and audio connectors. The audio connector is a simple flat plug instead of an MPC-2 standard connector which is a bit of a problem as the cable could be put in backwards. The drive is then screwed down into the bottom tray through the holes on the bottom of the tray that match the drive.

The top cover is put in place and the two side panels are installed to hold the top panel down. The optional front bezel is put in place if a hard drive is installed inside of the case. That's it for the installation of the enclosure.

Support for the USB 2.0 enclosure is universal in most modern operating systems. No driver installation is required for Windows ME/2000/XP or Macintosh OS X systems. Simply plug the USB drive into the computer and power up the device and the OS should automatically detect and begin using the device.

A driver CD is included for Windows 98 SE users to allow the drive to function. Older versions of Windows do not properly support USB connections and are not supported. Hard Drive SupportBelkin USB 2.0 with Hard Drive Installed * 7,200 RPM * 2 MB Cache * ATA/66 Interface * 30 GB CapacityThe ATA/66 Interface has a theoretical maximum of 66 MB/s, but even current hard drives are unable to have sustained transfers of this speed.

The USB 2.0 interface has a maximum data transfer rate of 60MB/s (480 Mbps). To test the drive performance, I used SiSoft's Sandra Drive Index Test. This test is a sequenced read and write performance test that generates a standard index value of the drives throughput performance.

The test results were as follows:Method Drive IndexInternal IDE 21,132 KB/sUSB 2.0 17,406 KB/sThe enclosure rated about 25% slower than the drive internally, but the performance is still respectable given the age of the drive. The enclosure allows for a significant throughput when used in a USB 2.0 port. USB 1.1 ports are not very advisable for use with a hard drive as the maximum theoretical bandwidth is a mere 1.5 MB/s (12 Mbps).

This is significantly lower than the drives abilities. Optical Drive PerformanceBelkin USB 2.0 with CD-RW DriveTo test the drive enclosures performance for an optical drive, I used the Samsung SM-348B CD-RW Combo drive that was recently reviewed. I was going to do a full comparison of the numbers generated by Nero's CDSpeed benchmarking tool, but this benchmark is unable to properly run across any form of external USB optical drives.

This is a shame because the benchmark provides very detailed performance numbers. My test therefore was a comparison of the time it took to record a CD image file to CD-R media when both internal to the system on the IDE connector and through a USB 2.0 port. The test of the drives performance was to record a full size CD image to a blank CD-R disc via Easy CD Creator 5 and to record the total time it took to complete the operation.

The times to complete a full size 650MB image to CD were:Method Time Throughput Est. Speed FactorInternal IDE 48x 2 min 26 sec 4.45 MB/s 29.6xUSB 2.0 48x 2 min 45 sec 3.93 MB/s 26.2xThe USB 2.0 enclosure configuration was just under 20 seconds slower than the drive in the internal configurations. Most users would not notice the time difference between the drive being installed internally or in the enclosure.

Similar to that of the hard drive, plugging the enclosure into a USB 1.1 port would greatly reduce the recording speeds. The maximum recording speed allowed on a USB 1.1 interface would be approximately 10x speed or lower. Sources: http://compreviews.about.com/od/cases/l/aaBlknUSB2Enc.htm .

Not sure if you are experiencing the same problem as I have, but check out the media quality for go I have been using MTR for awhile and made copies of my original dvd's on to a Maxwell dvd-r's. But after a few times of playing the copy they stop working. I'm starting to think if its a good idea to rip the dvd's to a external USB hard drive and play it from the hard drive on my mac or on TV via the Mac or something like that.

What do you guys think? If anyone is doing something similarAlso I've been using my Philips dvp642 player for few years and its aging. What's a kick-ass DVD player in the geek circle these days?

ThanksI had a similar problem with a batch of Maxell DVD-R's. I thought my DVD Recorder had gone on the fritz. I then stumbled on the following page for Recordable DVD QualityI have quit using anything but Taiyo Yuden DVD-R disks and have been happy with them.

Not sure if you are experiencing the same problem as I have, but check out the media quality for good measure. Quote 23rd Jan 2008 14:26 #2Ollie6431 MemberJoin Date: Oct 2007Location: United States Originally Posted by mercuryguy... I'm starting to think if its a good idea to rip the dvd's to a external USB hard drive and play it from the hard drive on my mac or on TV via the Mac or something like that. What do you guys think?...ThanksThat is a very good idea.

Video contents (both SD and HD) stored in USB hard drive play very smoothly on a connected PC. I used to create DVDs for my home movies (family videos) but have stopped doing that. The DVD burning process is painful (long and unpredictable crashes).

Even after you successfully burn DVDs, many of them are choppy on certain DVD players. Also, they tend to rot over time. I now have all of my home movies stored in USB hard-drive.

The back up process is also very convenient, one can back up the contents to another USB hard drive in a hurry. Sources: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/283626-Ripping-to-External-hard-drive .

1 Yes they will play great! Blessings......Annlee .

Yes they will play great! Blessings......Annlee.

2 Yes, the flash drive is a solid state drive and you needn't worry about that.

Yes, the flash drive is a solid state drive and you needn't worry about that.

3 It's an ordinary hard drive, not solid state. I was just wondering if the data transfer speed would be fast enough :) .

It's an ordinary hard drive, not solid state. I was just wondering if the data transfer speed would be fast enough :).

I wish to purchase software which will allow me to to play movies stored on an external hard disc on my TV. " "When I try to play DVDs which are stored on my hard drive I get a message on my TV saying DIVX playback is not supported" "can I copy a film off an external hard drive onto dvd" "hi, my hard drive is full in my Ibook I would like to add more to download dvd movies in my ibook, what can I do? " "How do I restore everything stored on my external drive into my new PC without interfering with what's on it already?" "I have heard that every photo stored on a hard drive is there for ever.

I had some stored but deleted them by accident. " "I have a Western Digital "My Book" USB external hard drive.It currently has a 160 GB drive in it. " "which one is the best external usb hard drive" "can you rip dvd +&- and put file to my hard drive and play from my hard drive to my tv" "I want to buy a vanilla external DVD drive for my PC that is USB 1.0, NOT USB 2.0.

Recommendations?

I wish to purchase software which will allow me to to play movies stored on an external hard disc on my TV.

When I try to play DVDs which are stored on my hard drive I get a message on my TV saying DIVX playback is not supported.

Can I copy a film off an external hard drive onto dvd.

I have heard that every photo stored on a hard drive is there for ever. I had some stored but deleted them by accident.

I have a Western Digital "My Book" USB external hard drive. It currently has a 160 GB drive in it.

Which one is the best external usb hard drive.

Can you rip dvd +&- and put file to my hard drive and play from my hard drive to my tv.

I want to buy a vanilla external DVD drive for my PC that is USB 1.0, NOT USB 2.0. Recommendations?

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