Technical information

3. Click on the Hardware tab and select Device Manager.

4. Double-click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in the Device Manager window.

5. Right-click and select the Properties option on the available channels

corresponding to your drive, e.g. "Primary or Secondary IDE Channel".

6. Select the Advanced Settings tab and then select DMA if available from the

drop down box next to the Transfer Mode option.

− For Windows XP:

1. Click on Start > Control Panel > Performance & Maintenance.

2. Double-click on the System option.

3. Click on the Hardware tab and then select Device Manager.

4. Double-click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in the Device Manager window.

5. Right-click and select the Properties option on the available channels

corresponding to your drive, e.g. "Primary or Secondary IDE Channel".

6. Select the Advanced Settings tab, and then select DMA if available from the

drop down box next to the Transfer Mode option.

 Close Applications. Opened applications consume available memory and CPU

processing power. For the best performance, close all applications before starting

neoDVDplus.

To gain even more processing power, disable the application shortcuts on the

taskbar. Some shortcuts, like the volume control, do not take any processing power

and can be left. Other shortcuts, however, may be active applications that run in the

background and use processing power and memory.

 Power Issues. Before running a long neoDVDplus recording session, make sure

that the automatic power standby features of your computer are disabled. This

ensures that your computer does not go into sleep mode during encoding. To

disable the automatic power standby mode, click on Start on the lower left-hand

corner of your desktop:

− For Windows 98 (SE):

1. Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel.