AutoGk Issue - Really Slow

[patrickj0781]

I've been trying to convert sections of a music dvd to avi and the process is extremely slower than a normal DVD. On a normal DVD Movie. it takes 2-3 hours to complet the job, but with this music disc, it goes for 10+ hours on the compressibility test. I tried to switch to a target quality percentage (75 Default) and the process froze at 7% after running for 5 1/2 hours. Is there a way to resolve the issue or should I give up? The full DVD runs for almost 3 hours and the section I am trying to convert is just 55 minutes.

I'll post the log below... thanks to anyone who can help.

[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] AutoGK 2.55
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] OS: Windows Vista (6.0.6001).2
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Job started.
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Input file: C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\VTS_01_0.IFO
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Output file: C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\NEW I - 01.avi
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Output codec: XviD
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Audio 1: English AC3 6ch
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Subtitles: none
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Format: AVI
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Target quality: 75%
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Audio 1 settings: Auto
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Started encoding.
[1/23/2010 11:31:31 PM] Demuxing and indexing.
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Processing file: C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\VTS_01_1.VOB
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Processing file: C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\VTS_01_2.VOB
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Processing file: C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\VTS_01_3.VOB
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Source resolution: 720x480
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Found NTSC source.
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Source aspect ratio: 4:3
[1/23/2010 11:33:36 PM] Analyzing source.
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Source has percentage of interlacing in motion areas: 87.20
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Source has percentage of telecined patterns: 1.13
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Source has percentage of progressive patterns: 5.49
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Source has percentage of interlaced patterns: 93.38
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Source is considered to be interlaced.
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Output will contain 106676 frames
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Using VAQ in XviD
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Running single pass encoding.
[1/23/2010 11:38:11 PM] Writing the following script to C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\agk_tmp\NEW I - 01_movie.avs
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LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\autocrop.dl l")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\RemoveGrain SSE3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\AutoGK\filters\leakkerneld eint.dll")

movie = mpeg2source("C:\Users\Patrick\Documents\DVD\NEW I - 01\agk_tmp\NEW I - 01.d2v")
cropclip = autocrop(movie,mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples= 10,aspect=0,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,leftad d=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
fixed_aspect = 0.888888888888889
c_width = width(cropclip)
c_height = round(height(cropclip) / fixed_aspect)
input_par = float(c_width)/float(c_height)
input_par = (input_par > 1.4) || (input_par < 1.25) ? input_par : (4.0/3.0)
out_width = 720
out_height = round(float(out_width) / input_par)
hmod = out_height - (floor(out_height / 16 ) * 16)
out_height = (hmod > 4) ? (out_height + (16 - hmod)) : (out_height - hmod)
new_aspect = (float(out_width) / float(out_height)) / fixed_aspect
LeakKernelDeInt(movie,order=1,sharp=true)
autocrop(mode=0,wmultof=4,hmultof=4,samples=10,asp ect=new_aspect,threshold=34,samplestartframe=0,lef tadd=0,rightadd=0,topadd=0,bottomadd=0)
LanczosResize(out_width,out_height)
RemoveGrain(mode=2)
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EXCEPTION: Job aborted
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[1/24/2010 5:01:55 AM] Job finished. Total time: 5 hours 30 minutes 23 seconds

[manono]

Did you abort it, or did AutoGK? Even though your computer is a real dog, those times you gave do seem kind of long. However, deinterlacing takes longer than encoding a progressive movie. And we don't know the resolutions of the movies you've made, so it's kind of an apples to oranges comparison without more facts (like the log of a movie encode).

If you want to speed it up a bit, try setting a fixed width, 640 or even less, and then running a 1-pass target quality encode. You might also try opening the first VOB and not the IFO. It'll pick up the other VOBs automatically.

[patrickj0781]

I aborted it... thanks for the advice, i'll give it a shot. I am encoding a different movie now and it finished the first pass in 75 minutes, so that is kind of the speed that I am used to. I usually like to convert an average length movie to 700 mb but for music videos, I go up in quality and convert them to 1500mb.

As for my dog of a computer... I noticed that I haven't updated my profile, so it now reflects what I am running. Its a few years old, and should be upgraded but in these days and times, I just have to coast with what I have.

[patrickj0781]

as a last resort, I uninstalled autogk and re-installed it... now its working like a charm! Thanks for your advice Manono!