TmpGenc conversion REALLY slow!

[YinHoNg]

Hiya. I'm currently using TmpGenc Plus to convery my .avi files to mpeg quality. Some of these files have subs that i want to put permanently onto the mpeg file.

The problem is, about a month ago, to convert a file of say, 700MB, it would take 2 hours max. But yesterday it was going for about 8 hours and still only 70% done!
My specs are not terrible(see below for details) and i was wondering if anyone could point me to some software that i could use to convert a file to mpeg, or straight to dvd, quicker. I started to use VSO's DivxToDVD and that is fantastic for speed and quality however it does not support subtitles..... =(

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Specs:

WindowsXP Professional
AMD AthlonXP 3200+ (2.1GHz)
1gb of ram

[Abond]

As your aim is DVD, may I ask you why you want permanent subtitles?

[YinHoNg]

Because i don't want the option to enable/disable subtitles :P

So do you know of any software that fufills my requirements?

[Abond]

Yes, I know. Avisynth + QuEnc. I know also how you can make it so that they are not-permanent, but forced (you can't switch them off AFAIK) and it is easier, but if you want permanent, then go for it...
BTW, why you don't want them to enable/disable? Maybe you are forcing somebody to learn foreign language?

[YinHoNg]

Hehe yeh actually! lol nice guess buddy!

About the program, its not as user friendly as i'd like tbh. Do you know of any other programs that does what i want it to?

I've searched online but i don't know which one is fast enough for me! speed is my utmost requirment.

[johns0]

Dvd2svcd lets you encode permanent subs.

[Abond]

Well, the easiest way I think is to go with VSO DivxtoDVD for encoding and after that to re-author the files with something like DVDLab PRO including the subs and mark them forced subtitles. So this would be fast enough and worth to try IMO.