Is there a quicker way to decompress?????

[djvyrus]

Hi there,

Currently I'm using TMPGEnc to decompress avi to mpeg (after extracting the audio part by using VirtualDub).
This process takes me about 8-10 hours to decompress a 1,5 hour movie.
Is there a program which does the same, but in a (much) shorter time?
Is there a way to do it quicker (but keeping the same quality) within TMPGEnc???

Please let me know by email: djvyrus@yahoo.com

Thanks in advance!!!

DJ

[djvyrus]

You can also give a reply on the forum, so other people may have the advantages aswell...(but please email me aswell!!!!)

[Craig Tucker]

You dont give your PC specs, so I can't say whether 8-10 hours is slow or fast for your PC. Cinema craft encoder is quicker then TMPGEnc, but it's not free.

If you have enabled any filters in TMPGEnc this will slow it down a lot.

Craig

[Mirror_Image]

How about some more detail, starting with the resolution and codec of your source. As far as the end product mpeg, is it mpeg-1 or mpeg-2? Resolution? Running time of this video? Using a default TMPGEnc template, or a custom? How about some info about your PC, such as what type and speed of your CPU?

(The crystal ball is cloudy today and so is the mystic mind reader crystal.)

p.s. Just check that "Notify me when a reply is posted", and it will - notify you (by e-mail) when a reply is posted.

[djvyrus]

My PC Specs: Win98 on a Pentium III 800, 256Mb RAM and 2 HDD's, combined 27 Gig.
If you need more specs, just let me know....

[djvyrus]

Mirror,

Please bare with me, for I am new in the world of encoding VCD's...but i will see if i can get the information you want....my PC spec you already have, the rest will follow...

[Mirror_Image]

We all started out knowing only how to bawl and fill our diapers; we all have to learn sometime! Detail always helps, as there are so many variables in the world of video, some of which (such as your CPU speed) have an enormous effect on encoding time. Depending on some of those details, 8-10 hours to encode a movie might be pretty good, or might be pretty bad.

[djvyrus]

Mirror,

Nicely said and so i have noticed that CPU speed also counts.....but still Pentium III 800 isn't that bad....is it???
What i know by heart is that i use PAL 4:3 (625), full screen (keep aspect ratio) for encoding (because i want to play my VCD's on television ofcourse) and before i do that, i always extract the audio part using VirtualDub and save it as WAV. Maybe this helps a little bit more to reach to a satisfying answer...lol

[Mirror_Image]

If your source has to be decompressed (as it does with a DivX file) before it can be encoded to MPEG (for example, to VCD). that will use a lot of CPU time right there. The more filters you use, and the higher your quality settings, the longer the encode will take.

6x time does seem a bit high, but not if your quality settings are cranked way up and you have a lot of noise filtering going on. TMPGEnc can make a super-looking mpeg, but it's certainly no speed demon.

[djvyrus]

Yes, I think that's the problem.

I download an AVI file from the net, which I want to convert to VCD (MPEG 1)...but if you know a tool which can convert the AVI to MPEG 1 (VCD) much quicker, please let me know!!!