DVD burner takes 9 hours

[BlueSkunk12]

I have a HP 504n with a new(ish) dvd burner. My computer has a 2 G processor, 1 G ram, 40 G hdd (9.6 G free). My burner is an ATAPI DH20A4P (with updated drivers).

This is my 2nd time trying to burn dvd's on it. I honestly don't remember how it did last time. I tried Nero, RealPlayer, and now I'm using DVD Flick. Takes forever no matter which I use. My CPU use maxes during each burn.

My Primary and Secondary IDE Channels are both set on DMA. I use Sony DVD-R rated at 16x.

Any suggestions on how to decrease the burn time to an hour or less?

 

[Tekkaraiden]

Are you burning a home made movie or are you just copying data?

 

[BlueSkunk12]

I tried copying data (accidently), but it won't play on my dvd player. So I'm trying to convert my home movies. And that works, but takes 9 hours.

 

[SNGX1275]

If you just do straight data, how long does it take?

Video conversion is one of the hardest things on a processor, so it can take a long time. What processor do you have and how much RAM?

 

[BlueSkunk12]

My processor is an Intel Celeron. I have 1 Gig of RAM.

Is it supposed to take 9 hours to convert 2 Gigs of video files?

 

[SNGX1275]

Depends on the speed and model of the Celeron, but yep, I'd expect 9 hours to be a reasonable conversion time for a dvd length video on a Celeron.

 

[BlueSkunk12]

So what do I do to speed things up?

 

[captaincranky]

For Fast, Fast Relief..........

Any 'ol wun of of these of these oughta git 'er done!

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-xps-730x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=productdetails~xpsdt_630

Sorry 'bout that, my self control issues are acting up again.

 

[BlueSkunk12]

That's just fine. I asked what I need to do what I want, and you answered.