Premiere 6.0 long'avi' save times; VirtualDub acquire/save??

[strawgrapemachine]

ADOBE 6.0 on Win 2k; 1gb ram laptop; 60+40gb disk; cd-r/dvd-rom; P4-2.xGhz

I capture from TRV 510 Sony DV just fine;
I assume now that it makes an .AVI file;
I try to get fancy and clip off the ends to make it look better and maybe adde a fade in and out for video?

NOW: when I try to save this as is (7x0 x 480, 29.97fps, 48khz ...) it takes about ONE HOUR of processing time per MINUTE of video time!!!
Can this be possible? Is there an ADOBE switch that I've got turned on that I shouldn't?

Or should I just use what I got originally without editing it?

ASIDE: I tried the VirtualDub for capture; didn't work; added the 'wrapper'; still didn't work (but hadn't rebooted; will try again).
I poured over the tutorials for about 3 days before trying my first attempt;
I used Adobe/Virtualdub, Goldwave for audio, TMPG Enc(oding), and then VCDEasy;

MY GOSH: worked first time (except for excessive Premiere 6.0 times);
I did it first time! Way to go! What helpful tutorials and FAQ's; if I can do it freeware, anybody can. How great is that!?! Thanks to this site!

I can capture from VirtualDub but didn't save audio? what did I do wrong? does it normally save audio? I told it to.


If I edit (I assume I can clip the ends with Virtual dub but since I can only generate the .avi file and not actually view it in Virtualdub as yet) the file in VirtualDub, will it take as LONG to resave the '.AVI' file as Adobe Premiere 6.0? I certainly hope not.

Does VirtualDub have any kind of video fade in and fade out features?
Of course Premiere does, but unless I can get the process/save times down, I won't be using Premiere in the future; video 'trimming' & fade in/out is not that important.

Thanks again to this site;

[racer-x]

Adobe is an excellent Video Editor, but has a steep learning curve. First check the project settings. Look at the settings viewer and make sure the source and output settings are identical. If you captured with Premiere, your AVI will be type 2 so make sure the output is the same. The same goes for the audio, if source is 3200 mghz, output should be the same.

If you can, upgrade to 6.5, it comes with Main Concept encoder so you can output to DVD spec mpg.