How to speed up encoding using tmpgenc?

[Mocha]

Used dvd2svcd to rip, encode Species. Has been in the processof encoding, 2 pass vbr....18 hours elapsed...12 and ahalf hours to go.....for a 1hour 47 minute film. I originally had 10 gb hard drive space. When I convert a 25 minute episode of a tv show from avi to mpeg2 for burning, it takes about 6-7 hours, so the time required to encode an entire 107 minute movie isn't all that suprising. But how do I speed up the process? More memory? I have 256mb memory and an Athlon 1ghz. I defragged the hard drive about 2 weeks ago. More hard drive space?

Now my only hope is that after the encoding, I don't get the green screen again.

[BJ_M]

more memory and faster cpu

[Hardcoreruss]

Your times sound about right for what you are doing. The only things that I can think might help a BIT are closing all other programs including screen saver and virus scan and then encode.

However this will make a very small difference. With the prices of pc's at the mo you would benefit a lot from a faster cpu and doubling (or more) your ram.

[housepig]

might help if you have a second physical drive (not a second partition) to write to...

I've got an Athlon 1.4ghz / 768mb ram and doing a 2-pass VBR, it's basically a 5:1 ratio for encoding a dvd-compliant mpeg from a Huffyuv-codec .avi. ... so a 107 minute movie should only take 535 minutes = just under 9 hours.

but I'm reading the avi off of drive c: and writing to drive e: ... on my other system with one drive, it's more like a 7:1 ratio for a CBR encode...

so if you have a spare hard drive, it might be worth a try to throw it in and try encoding to it....

- housepig

[vdvorsta]

In TMPGEnc go to the menu Option/Environmental setting. Under tab CPU enable Cache setting. Now the second pass of your encoding go faster.

[drfreako]

I used to have serius problems with tmpgenc. It turned out that my system was underpowered, running a P4 1.6A 4 hdd, 1 cd-rw, 1 dvd-r with only 250w ps. I upgraded to a 350w ps and it fixed everything. I oc'ed my cpu to 2.11ghz and now svcd encoding takes slightly longer than real time- and vcd encoding is blazing fast. I dont know the rest of your sys config, but your ps may be something to check out.

[Mocha]

I'll try the separated hard drive idea.....and next time set the cache tmpgenc settings...23 hours down, 8 more hours to go!!!!

[telemike]

I used DVD2SVCD on my Celeron 1200, 256MB RAM...

using TMPGenc, CQ (constant quality), Normal motion estimate.

Encodes for me are around 6-8 hours


ps- goto www.kvcd.net for more info on using CQ and file prediction as well as avisynth filters to increase compression. I have made good SVCD copies onto 2 CD's fitting about 60-90 minutes per cd

[EddyH]

get a 3ghz chip, lots of DDR, and some sleep

if that isn't enough, dual CPUs and a stasis chamber.

[telemike]

544 x 480 MPEG-1 encode runs minimum 12 hours on my 1200 system

[EddyH]

Can the PSU really affect speed like that? (ears prick up..)

I got a 300w, or maybe even a 250w... and:

Two removable drives (CD, DVD), three hard discs (one 7200, two 5400), 850 duron, 448 ram, 3 fans (psu/cpu/vga), pci video/sound/network/ata card, isa vga-pal converter, bus-powered USB hub, optical mouse, and a couple of LEDs on the front and the keyboard

Will the system be dropping the bus speed or something in order to keep the volts up?

I haven't noticed it browning out, unless all the mysterious VXD system deaths that windows has recently suffered are something to do with it.. but I prefer to think that's a severe overuse of GDI/User resources.