From PD8 README File - What is DMA and it's Proper Setting?

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AllenChicago

Senior Member Location: Chicago (USA) Joined: Jan 28, 2010 22:06 Messages: 151 Offline

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Mar 24, 2010 20:20

Hello Cyberlink Community.

I just downloaded and installed (hopefully correctly) the latest PD8 2704
build/patch. In the "README" file that opens after the installation, there
is a sentence which says:

"3. To obtain the best video recording performance, check your hard disk
DMA setting. Please check the properties page from the My Computer for
the hardware settings list."

Naturally, we all want THE BEST POSSIBLE video recording performance,
but this doesn't tell us much. Can anyone elaborate? Thanks in advance.
-Allen in Chicago

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 24, 2010 22:17

Direct Memory Access. It is supposed to let the hard disk drive bypass the CPU and access the system memory. It can be found in the Device Manager under the hard drive's properties. SATA drives don't seem to have that option. It used to be recommended if there was a problem, otherwise we just left it alone. I have never had to use that setting. __________________________________
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