Some questions about DVD ripping and SVCDs

[WarSong]

I'm new to DVD ripping and making SVCD and the first movie I tried to rip took me over 40 hours on my:

AMD 1.0 ghz t-bird
256 mb sdram
40gig hd
8x dvd rom

Anyways I am planning to upgrade soon so the ripping wont take so long.. I'm thinking about upgrading to at least an AMD XP 2100+ (1.73 GHz) and I'll wait untill the new KT 400 mobos and DDR 400 is available.

So if I do upgrade to this how long should I expect a movie to be ripped and converted to SVCD? Or does anyone recommend me getting an even faster cpu?

Also do duel processors make a significant difference in quality or speed of converting/encoding ?

[wulf109]

Ripping speed is not dependent on CPU speed. Your 8x DVD is a real bottleneck. Get a 16x DVD and make sure that DMA is activated on the DVD and on your HD.

[ya_jai]

Hi wulf109, I think Warsong meant to say the whole process of ripping encodeing which took him/her 40 hours to be finished.

Then I would say CPU is the most important part of encoding process. You are right about 8x DVD and DMA, but ripping process would take at most a couple hours not 40 hours even you use only 2x DVD-rom with DMA disable.

To Warsong with your system right now, I would say 40 hours is too long. I believe that your setting is another major part of this process such as.

1) 2 or more Pass VBR will take at least twice longer than CBR. Avg with 1 GHz I would say, it will take around 5-6 hours if you encode with CBR setting on 1 hour movie.
2) Motion Serch - Highest will also take more time than other and you might not see a different in quality if you encode with " High (slow)"
3) Encoding to mpeg2(SVCD) take longer when compare with mpeg1.(VCD)
4) If you apply any filters, it will also take longer.


NOTE: all this setting I mention when you encoding with TMPGEnc

To be conclude with your system right now, I would say you can decrease the time to be around 12-14 hours per 1 movie if you can compromise all the setting.

My system is 1.7 GHz and it takes 5-6 hours per 1 movie (rip and encode).

[WarSong]

thanks for the info guys