TMPGEnc conversion speed

[ssutton1992]

Is there anything I can do to speed up the rate at which the program converts data. To be specific I am converting a large file with Divx file extension. I had to run it through VirtualDub 1st since it was not recognized by TMPGEnc. My system info is listed in my Profile

[emilie]

If there is, then I'd sure like to know about it too. It takes about 45 minutes (at least) to conver the format...it's just so tiring waiting for it to end.

[vcd4me]

Wow both of you guy stop complaining

wed night> download movie
thursday morning>convert 1st part of movie
thursday night>convert 2nd part of movie
Friday morning> burn mpeg file to cd-r
Friday night watch FREE movie

total time in front of my SS is around 20 minutes
SS = Super Slow 400mhz computer

[D_Knife]

I agree with you vcd4me, ssutton1992 you should be getting faster than real-time with you system spec there
Although it probably would not kill you to provide just a little more information esp with the
CPU >> CPU Speed: 1.0G
Is this a Intel P3 or Celeron or an AMD Duron ??

This little bit of information is not going to cause multitudes to send spam to your mail box either.

And another point

I had to run it through VirtualDub 1st since it was not recognized by TMPGEnc

If VirtualDub could open this video directly the TMPEGEnc certainly should have - try adjusting your VFAPI load order under enviromental settings
Try it with your original file and I wager it will work

This will reduce your conversion time and stop your video from degrading slightly with the multiple conversions. Also if you are frameservering from VirtualDub then it will massacre your framerate. Although I admit there are times when you need to frameserve from VirtualDub

[dmonty]

Chances are you can speed up the encoding process but it will be at the cost of movie quality. So why bother.

[emilie]

Mine's 800mhz, intel celeron.

[D_Knife]

how long in minutes is the footage you are trying to convert?

[emilie]

Approximately 4 mintues for each one.

[D_Knife]

Yeah - Ok , that is very slow
unless there is a hardware problem - you should review your encoding settings
give us as much information as you possibly can on your encoding
give us:-
program you encode in (and version see help)
any filters used
the type of file - use a generic name like - homemovie outdoors with high action for example and what codec it uses (if AVI)
If it's mpeg - tell us what type of MPEG - 1 or 2 and the bitrate if known

[vcd4me]

D_Knife is right emile,

I must say you do have a right to gripe something is wrong a 4min file takes 45 minutes to convert.

at that rate a 1hr 30 minute movie would take over 24 hrs.

We'll I'll try to help along with D_Knife we should be able to figure out what the problem is.

Talk to you soon
VCD4ME

[emilie]

program you encode in (and version see help): TMPGEnc, ver. 2.55
any filters used: none. (mostly because I don't know how to use them)
the type of file: .mpeg, music video without a lot of action (like karate). Just performances including a singer and guitar player.
what type of MPEG: I'm not sure how to check that, but it says layer II, 128 Kbps with file information in VirtualDub. Thanks for all your help.

[trenchy]

The speed of conversion also increases when you have installed the latest version of directx 8.1.

It certainly speed-up my pc

trenchy

[NecroWulf]

Wouldn't hurt if you added a second HD to your rig, You can read from one and encode to other.This way you can reduce the read/write to one HD. This method works even better when the HD's are on their own IDE channels. I've also notice you a good amount of RAM, ever considered using some of that as a virtual drive?

Just my two cent,
-Necro

[wipeout]

Yeap...that is what I do...two hard drives and a 1.2 gig duron. You need speed baby......my old pentium 3 550 could not do the job. The Duron (even though a cheapy chip) kicks but. 66% improvement in speed.

1.5 hours for a good VCD at high quality settings. Thats 2 minutes of coding for every one minute.

[Faceman101]

Use Cinemacraft Encoder, take less than half of that time. TMPGEnc does a great job at the price of speed at the price of free. That's just how it is.

[emilie]

The speed of conversion also increases when you have installed the latest version of directx 8.1.

It certainly speed-up my pc

trenchy

I've installed directx 8.1, but it still takes around 23 minutes. And I know that even though TMPGEnc is a free program, it still takes less time for other users.

[*bahlpunk*]

i have the same problem encoding on my comp except i try to speed it up and my entire sys freezes everytime

does anyone have any suggestions

here's my comp specs

AMD Athlon 2100 1.73 ghz

1 gb ddr2100 ram

GeForce4Mx420 video card

80 gig hardrive

[vcdfreak]

What software that freezes on you? What's your OS? Win XP?

[*bahlpunk*]

win xp home

tmpeg

[vcd4me]

emile wrote

program you encode in (and version see help): TMPGEnc, ver. 2.55 any filters used: none. (mostly because I don't know how to use them) the type of file: .mpeg, music video without a lot of action (like karate). Just performances including a singer and guitar player.
what type of MPEG: I'm not sure how to check that, but it says layer II, 128 Kbps with file information in VirtualDub. Thanks for all your help

You've now got me more confused with this statement:
the type of file: .mpeg, music video without a lot of action (like karate)

Why are you trying to convet if the movie is already in mpeg format?

Signed
VCD4ME

[vhelp]

ssutton1992,

Have you just noticed this NOW? ...or just with divX??
There are many type of AVI files due to the codec/encoder used to
create them. Each have their advantages, etc. but, when you pull
them in to transcode them to ANOTHER format, some take much longer
to process due to the complexity of the codec used to interpret
or decode the AVI file in question, hence your divX file.

I had a AMD T-Brd 900Mhz speed, and after doing a 1 hour capture,
and for a total encode project of 3 hours, these were the following specs:
* Captured to AVI via huffy codec, at 352x480
* loaded the AVI file info vdub for frameserving to tmpg
* loaded two filter in vdub, sharp and resize
* frameserve into TMPG
* TMPG: no filters were ever used
* encoded to MPEG-2, 352x480 / CQ_VBR: 1850-2520 / 128k audio
.
.
But, even if you used the above methods to the letter, chances are, you
wont get the same results, cause you will be (vdub/tmpg will) using
a codec to decode your avi divX file, AND add to that, the nature of
divX, and it's nature to go beyond the standards, all in the name
of better "compression".

-vhelp

[emilie]

You've now got me more confused with this statement:
the type of file: .mpeg, music video without a lot of action (like karate)

Why are you trying to convet if the movie is already in mpeg format?

Signed
VCD4ME

Because the original .mpeg file can't be burned. I tried to burn it, but it refused to so I thought that I should convert it to .mpg, to make sure that there's no trouble.