makemkv feature request slow hdd

[ChaosEnergy]

Hey

I like to suggest an improvement to MakeMKV for moment you run into Slow HDD messages
eg my Laptoop must use WiFI to the NAS and regular its ok, but sometimes i run into slow copy messages

I recognized my RAM has not been used as a buffer, in my case RAN for nearly half UHD has been free for buffering, but did not got used

Also MakeMKV could flush its buffer after finishing a file, so the used buffer, would get emptied out, before the nect file, instead only when backup is finished

for cosmetic reason a little message about...flushing buffer would also nice
i saw in taskmanager my wifi was still active, so i new its the buffer

hopefully not to confusing
- use existing RAM for buffering
and/or
- flush buffer before next file

This also would help in other situations than wifi, like slow external USB disk, and so on

[flojo]

- How do you know the drive isn't fast enough to write to unless you try to write to it?

- If the data is already being written as fast as possible, what performance changes are possible?

Increasing buffer size won't speed up your rips, so maybe you should request an option so that the message can be ignored... but why?

[ChaosEnergy]

the messages would be avoided, if the avaible ram would be used, or if you already run into the "limiter" buffer flushed before next mts

the bluray drive seems to read slower after you run into this warning message,, makes sense, else it would read data which cant be stored..cause not using all ram, and not being able to flush mid file

so it would be a way, to reduce the situations where drive could need to be slowed down, by using..available ram and or at least flush buffer between files to stay longer in full speed reading

[dcoke22]

Personally, I use a local external SSD as my work area when I'm ripping discs and making .mkv files. Only when I'm satisfied with my files do I bother to push them to my NAS. Reasonably sized reasonably fast external SSDs are reasonably priced these days.