TMPGEnc Conversion Question

[Topcat360]

Hi, I have been using TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress for the last month and it works excelently, and my files and DVDs are coming out excellently. The only issue/question I have is how long is the encoding process supposed to take? I am encoding a 23 min avi file in to an mpg file w/ audio and video together and it takes from an hour and 47 minutes to 2 and a half hours per episode. Is the encoding process usually suposed to take this long? I am running on a AMD Athlon XP processor 3000+ (2.16 GHz), 512 MB DDR SDRAM, w/ a 120 GB Hard Drive. I just wanted to know if the encoding process is supposed to take so long w/ my type of PC. Is there anything I can do to speed my PC and speed up my encoding time, or am I just stuck? Someone please let me know!

[monzie]

TMPG (whichever flavor) is not exactly fast.

Look underneath somewhere for a thread called "FASTEST WAY TO CONVERT AVI TO DVD" for some tips.

Oh stuff it I'll copy & paste for you:


Posted: 09 Aug, 2004 21:58

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i'm using a 1.8DURON (yes really!!) oc'ed to 2.1 with 512 of 333DDR (so that makes it around a similar speed to yours..roughly speaking) and with CCE 2.62 using a CBR of around 5500 it will encode at around 1.3X REAL TIME (and quite often even higher)...so a typical 1.5hr movie in avi format (xvid or divx) will encode in around 70 mins...and the results are excellent....I've tried 2 and 3 pass VBR's with CCE and I can honestly say that the difference in quality is negligable...so i just batch encode a group of files overnight.....or just wait

....even my 1.2amd (not oc'ed) with 256 of mem manages just under REAL TIME (around 0.9)...using CCE2.5

My guess is you havent set up your system correctly and you have tons of stuff open eating into your encoding times..(use a guide like BLACK VIPER to configure your system if on W2K or XP..and kill all un-neaded running tasks before encoding...ESPECIALLY ANYTHING in your SYSTRAY/TOOLTRAY on the bottom right..including any AV software..esp NORTON)....also run some SPYWARE apps like ADAWARE and SPYBOT to clean out any nasties....remember 'every little helps'. Try not to do ANYTHING else when encoding.

To make things easy use AVISCRIPT (a GUI for AVISYNTH) for the VIDEO and BESWEET for the AUDIO (also runs thru AVISCRIPT)...or...as I do now.... use FFMPEG via FFMPEGGUI for lightning fast audio conversion to either MP2 or AC3......author with TDA (I aint bothered about 'fancy' titles and menu's...basic stuff does me fine).....and burn......typical time for avi to DVD disk is around 2 hrs (including burning the DVD).

HTH

FOOTNOTE

As cpu's get faster REAL encoding speed drops, ie to double my liddle ole 1.8 (at circa 2.5xp amd) speed you would need approx a 5gig (or above)...your 3000 is going to be (at best) around 20% faster..if even remotley configured like mine....

.PS...wellcome to the forums .

[ZippyP.]

The settings can greatly affect the encoding time, such as...

* Filtering, particularily noise filtering will greatly increase the time.
* Motion search precision. The highest setting takes too long and doesn't increase quality much.
* Rate control mode, 2-pass VBR takes twice as long as CBR.

[jimmalenko]

The settings can greatly affect the encoding time, such as...

* Filtering, particularily noise filtering will greatly increase the time.
* Motion search precision. The highest setting takes too long and doesn't increase quality much.
* Rate control mode, 2-pass VBR takes twice as long as CBR.

naturally the running time of the file plays a big part too.


With your machine, I would expect you to be able to convert in about 3X-4X runtime with TMPGEnc provided you have no filters, which is probably just below the ballpark you are talking about.

I guess you could look at setting the priorities for TMPGEnc to high and nut use your computer while it is converting. I think you are roughly in or slightly above the right areas with your times, though.