7 hours to convert Jurassic 3 from divx to VCD?

[neogeldof]

I am new here and to converting/playing VCDs. I have had a Pioneer DV-333 since X-mas, and want to exploit some of it's cool features. My first project is to convert a 456 meg divx screener of Jurassic Park 3 to VCD. I followed all the instructions on this site and when I hit start, it says it will take 7 hours?? Is this right? Longer to convert than to download? Please tell me something is wrong. Thanks.

[dancoe]

No. That's about right

[gambit32]

Umm..yeah it takes that long. Actually that's not too bad considering how long it takes some others on the forum to convert a full length movie.

[Vejita-sama]

I encoded a 90min DivX of the Escaflowne Movie on my (old) K62-400 it took 18hrs. Since then I bought a Tbird 1.2Ghz, depending on the settings/filters it takes 1.3~2.5x the runtime to encode a VCD (longer for SVCD).

[Betamax]

On 2001-07-27 19:55:14, neogeldof wrote:
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Yes, it's correct.
DivX is extremely compressed. So TMPGenc must first uncompress all (to nearly an uncompressed movie) before it can re-compress to AVI.

Do as I encode movies : I hit start when I go to bed, even when I leave for work in the morning it's still occupied, but it will be done when I got back from work (this is 2 or 3 pieces of the movie, using highest quality with 2-step VBR). I've got a 1.2Ghz Atlon.

[neogeldof]

Ok, thanks everyone. Now I know the variables.. Guess I will be picky about what I decide to encode.