DVDIdle helps you to extend the lifetime of your DVD drive. By
using the Smart Read-ahead Cache, DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be
played soon onto the hard disk cache or RAM cache, and then feeds it to
DVD player. This allows the DVD drive to rest. For example: a 6X-speed
DVD drive will only work for 15 minutes when you are watching a 90
minutes DVD movie.
DVDIdle works in the background, automatically caching the
output of your software DVD player. With DVDIdle"s help, a software DVD
player like PowerDVD or WinDVD is able to provide smooth DVD playback
while the DVD drive is sleeping!