Why does the time of my movies almost triple when converted

[PROJECT MAYHEM]

AAAaaahhhhh...IM in.... That was a long 24hrs.. anyhow, my computer came with Sonic dvd and since Ive tried Nerovision And an older version of tempec and no matter what the size of the movies goes from [ie] 1hr 45 minute to 4-5 hours...wtf...
so Ive never been able to convert and burn a film over an our...secondarily , i was able to use the older version on tmpgenc to do a conversion and the movie was lagiing /ghosting a bit through the first 2 hrs, and as mentioned b4..the next 2 and a 1/2 it was stuck on the last frame
Somebody please help me out PLLLEeeaase...
Also, if playing with Codecs comes in...where the heck do i look to find them when they arent listed in the Add Remove Programs list in windowsxp

[PROJECT MAYHEM]

Again...this problem prevails in every program so far...Maybe Ill try Ulead next...and am I correct by assuming that Tmpgenc give the best results?

[gemmell]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159388

Baldrics answer to my problem, sounds the same 8)

hth

[Hardcoreruss]

What are the details of your file please.

[PROJECT MAYHEM]

its a DIVX [also avi] i believe, I seem to have always had this difficulty, that i can remember anyway, and ,yes , i guess i can go into the Tpmgenc options for help fixing it there , but then theres nerovision and Sonic, thats why Im assuming the solution may be somewhere else that may solve it for all the programs, or am I being presumptuous
and then theres that ghosting/lag problem...is that a framerate problem?

[mmmbeer]

Again...this problem prevails in every program so far...Maybe Ill try Ulead next...and am I correct by assuming that Tmpgenc give the best results?

I would highly advise AGAINST using Ulead for anything but burning, believe me you'll regret it. I spent 45 bucks on MF2 and I could have just thrown the money in the toilet and flushed it for the quality it produces in encoding.