Fastest way to convert avi to DVD

[maxpower2078]

I am looking for a fast way to convert a avi file to DVD. In the past I have used tmpegenc express, but depending on how much length of video I was converting would take anywhere from 24 - 72 hours. I am going to try this DIKO tonight to see if it is any faster, but am asking for some advise. I am useing a 2500XP with 512 Ram.

Any suggestions?

[bugster]

Fastest way is probably CCE, one pass CBR, low quality settings.

[lechtin]

The Mainconcept encoder is usually considered significantly faster than TMPGEnc. You can try that.

[BSR]

24-72hours is a long time.
How long are these videos?
Don't use TMPGENC built in filtering, it's very very slow.
Are these MPG4 videos(DIVX,XVID) maybe thats what's slowing it down?

As Bugster said, try 1 pass CBR. It's twice as fast as 2 pass VBR.

Not sure but maybe encoding to 352x480 instead of 720x480 might be faster. Both are DVD specs.

CCE and Mainconcept both faster. Heard Canapus Procoder is also.

[T ft. D]

I also have a 2500XP with 512 mb ram, and my computer takes about 3, 3½ hours in Tempgenc for a whole movie without any filters. Why in gods sake does it take that long on your computer ?

[Sam Ontario]

I also have a 2500XP with 512 mb ram, and my computer takes about 3, 3½ hours in Tempgenc for a whole movie without any filters. Why in gods sake does it take that long on your computer ?

3 hours are unbearable long not to mention 72 hours. I would buy an AVI DVD player (exist already but I am not sure) and then put the signal straight into a DVD recorder.

[monzie]

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

[maxpower2078]

Well, I am referring to a whole season of the simpsons converted from xvid would take about 2-3 days. With respect to a single 2 hr movie I know it will be a lot faster, but I tried it last night and it gave me some dumb error so I am going to try this DIKO out or CCE. It seems to work as long as you have enough space for all the temp files and final product.

With CCE can you stick a 2 disc movie in xvid format without any modifications and start from that point?

[monzie]

I'm not entirely sure of your question...but for a 2 disk movie you really need to join them first.........episodes are different, you need to encode each one seperatly (batch them) then let your authoring software accept each one as a new track.