TMPGENC SLOW SLOW SLOW

[wolvesandbooze]

Is there any way I can quicken up the encoding using tmpgenc, It usualluy takes about 4 to 5 hours to convert one part of a two disk film, but for some reason I downloaded Snow Dogs yesterday and when I started to convert it, it said 4 hours estimated time, when I looked later it said 16 hours, at this rate it will be on the telly before I burn the bugger on disk. I'm only running a 500mhz cpu, is this the problem. Help please.

[SupremeDementia]

The CPU and other tasks your perform while converting may of course influence the speed. I have a 400mhz AMD processor... so i just fire up the convertion and go to bed or out for coffee

[Digifreak]

You could reduce your motion search precision setting in TMPGEnc but Cinema Craft Encoder is FAST FAST FAST (about 4 times faster than TMPGEnc given all else same eg. 2 pass). You can use this way:
http://forum.vcdhelp.com/userguides/78221.php
DVD2Svcd does the same thing to the video (if you choose CCE as encoder) but is far simpler. It takes a little extra time to process good quality audio but since it is an all in one package I don't have to nurse the program along.