It's DVD Decrypter. I removed the quartz.dll override by my slow rip speed is still present. I took WINE out of the mix and simply did: Code: dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/home/user1/image.iso This is also going very slowly. Do you have any thoughts why that might be? UDMA is enabled and I'm out of ideas... Code: $ sudo hdparm -i /dev/scd0 /dev/scd0: Model=BENQ DVD DD DW1640 , FwRev=BSRB , SerialNo=9JC5U150C353364133SP Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 AdvancedPM=no * signifies the current active mode