Other DVDIdle, more info wanted

[grayghost2]

I had difficulty deciding the appropriate forum for this thread
1. optical drives
2. other hardware
3. other

When a DVD is inserted into the DVD tray to copy with DVDFab, the DVD drive makes a lot of mechanical thrashing noises.

My wife (who is "the" DVDFab user) tells me that was normal for the previous LG DVD-CD drive.
- the LG drive died within 12 months ... I can only assume it thrashed itself to death

I am the fix-it technician in our household ... I work out how an app works, install it, then wife points and clicks.
- when processes don't work (as she expects) she wont attempt to sort any problems herself, I am the fix-it.
- mostly it is just common sense ... look at settings, experiment, help pages/pdf ... I look around

The LG drive was replaced with a Lite-On drive (approx x2 LG price) ... I assume better quality.
Recently while poking around in the DVDFab web-site I found DVDIdle-Pro

Q1: Is DVDIdle designed to reduce the DVD drive thrashing during DVD-Copy (reading?) ... or is it only for playing DVDs

In recent days I think I read to "copy a DVD to a HDD" first, implying to rip a dvd from the HDD copy and not the DVD drive ?
- I don't mind if this thread is moved to another more appropriate forum

Help offered on DVDIdle-Pro page is desperately wanting.
Questions and Answers:- (link)
- sort of email (or is it a new-thread create page ?)
- if there is a "forum" where is it ?
Wiki:- (link)

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Q2: Where can I find more info about DVDIdle ?

[signals]

Sorry, DVDIdle is obsolete and no longer being developed or sold, which is why it has no forum of its own. In most cases the "thrashing" sounds are the drive seeks which are normal. You will hear more of it during analysis of the disc before copying.

[grayghost2]

Hi Signals

Is DVDIdle still available ? (free?)
Will it reduce the thrashing during the DVD "read" ?

I considered (somehow) "quietly copying" the DVD contents to HDD but I guess that would just move the thrashing to the internal HDD.
Maybe an SSD to hold the contents of the DVD ?

It sure hurts to right off a DVD/CD burner every 12 months. (Last LG lasted 11 months)
- now I am considering Blue Ray, and they are not cheap !

Your help is very appreciated

[signals]

Hi ghost

It is not available, but you can probably find it on the web somewhere. I remind you it is unsupported. The read ahead cache in DVDFab does much the same thing, but does not work with external player software. The thrashing and seeking is just part of the process and should not have contributed to the failure of your LG drive unless you are doing many DVDs a day. Idle may not work on win7 and probably will not work on win8.x.