Importing iPhoto backup - so slow!

I am importing photo from DVD and CD, since I had my hard disk replaced. I cannot believe how slow this is! Given that the files should not need to be changed, I would expect that the DVD read speed would be the limiting factor, possibly 10Mbyte/sec, so to import a typical 87Mbyte folder should take seconds rather than half an hour. Is 10 minutes reasonable for 9 images 2.2Mbyte? Average 2Mbyte per minute?
Since I have a couple od DVDs left, this is going to take many days.
regards, Rod
Mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Rod,
I had a similar problem. My combo drive reads commercially pressed DVDs with no problem. But a home-burned DVD (made on a Mac) of photos from a relative would cause my Mac to hang for many minutes at a time, each time it tried to generate a preview in the Finder. I thought I'd never be able to read that disc.
After I got my external DVD burner, I tried reading that DVD. It worked perfectly, no more slowly than reading a folder on my hard drive. I don't know why my Mini's drive doesn't like that DVD, but I don't worry about it now since the external has no trouble.

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