A unique tool that extends the life of your DVD-ROM.

Licence Type: Shareware $19.95

Operating Systems Support: Win All

Download Link: DVDIdle

Developers Homepage: Fengtao Software

When you watching DVDs on PC, do you have worried about DVD drive's life? It works all the time, never rests awhile.

By using Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves the DVD titles to the cache on hard drive or RAM, and lets DVD drive resting aside.

For example, a 6X-speed DVD drive works only 15 minutes when you watching a 90 minutes DVD title.

Other features include Macrovision-Free, Operation-Free and Direct-Play DVD menu or movie.

DVDIdle helps you to extend lifetime of your DVD drive. By using Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played soon onto hard disk cache or RAM cache, and feed it to DVD player then, so that DVD drive can take a rest. For example, a 6X-speed DVD drive will only work 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD movie.

DVDIdle works in the background to provide Cache for DVD player automatically. With DVDIdle's help software DVD player like PowerDVD, WinDVD, etc. are able to provide smooth DVD playback while DVD drive is sleep!

New Features: DVDIdle now supports normal files, which means AVI, DivX, RM, ASF, WMV, MPG, MPEG, and DAT of VCD, SVCD files can be cached when you watch them from CD/DVD disc.

Limitations: 30-day trial