Anyone know of a quicker alternative to TMPGenc?

[Will Hay]

Whilst I'm truly grateful to the creator of TMPGenc for such a wonderful product, does anyone know of an alternative encoder for using with CladDVD and DVD2Avi?
I've upgraded my Duron 800 to an Athlon 2000XP and hope that'll speed up the encoding time, but doesn anyone know of something quicker?
I have an encoder built into Ulead DVD Movie Factory, but don't imagine I can use that with CladDVD and DVD2Avi!
Thanks,
Will

[thingimijig]

if you are talking about re-encoding then the quickest and the best output of quality as got to be CCE.

i use dvd2dvdr 1.3.2 which needs cce 2.5 to do all my dvd9 disc.
even films like lord of the rings turn out perfect and yet it only takes about 5-6 hours (overnight whilst in bed).

you will end up with an m2v file and an ac3 file.

hope it helps.

thingimijig.

[zzyzzx]

The computer upgrade should cut your encode times dramatically. If that's still not fast enough try doing some of the processing with other programs first. For example, if you use noise reduction, brighness, and color changes can be done much quicker on VirtualDub so if you are doing some processing like that do it before TMPEGnc (espically the noise reduction).

[hothandiman]

Oh, my God! I NEVER knew I was killing kittens!!

[Will Hay]

Thanks.
I tend not to 'filter around' in TMPGEnc, and haven't yet found a suitable editing package for home movies of my baby son which I can make any sense of how to use!
Thanks again,
Will

[Will Hay]

For example, if you use noise reduction, brighness, and color changes can be done much quicker on VirtualDub so if you are doing some processing like that do it before TMPEGnc (espically the noise reduction).

Now you mention it, using a program to brighten some of my homemovies taken under artificial light would be a big benefit.
I have virtualdub, but don't think I truly understand it's function.
It's not an encoder right?
Can you direct me to a site where I can perhaps learn how to brighten, edit/clip and most important fade out (will virtualdub do this?). I've shyed away from virtualdub in the last as I was never sure if what I was doing would affect the quality or even turn a compliant mpeg into something else.
Will

[dvd.master]

silky 31

try using mgi videowave 5 for your home movies as i use it all the time with great results

[dhluke]

it sounds like you need Premiere... I'm sure premiere can do all the editing... and I think there is a plugin of CCE for Premiere...

[magomago]

I wouldn't worry too much my friend. Any speed up that you will receive from CCE will probably be negligable compared to the upgrade you just did (unless that Processor is coupled with a slow hdd, slow ram, and a bad motherboard...)

Think of the 800Mhz Duron as a nuetrered processor (like the Celeron) so it won't preform well. that is why they are budget processors (though the prices of 1600+s are just around 50 bucks (48 at newegg...) these days)


But you will defenitely experience a HUGE boost and I'd say live with TMPGEnc

[Will Hay]

I wouldn't worry too much my friend. Any speed up that you will receive from CCE will probably be negligable compared to the upgrade you just did (unless that Processor is coupled with a slow hdd, slow ram, and a bad motherboard...)

Think of the 800Mhz Duron as a nuetrered processor (like the Celeron) so it won't preform well. that is why they are budget processors (though the prices of 1600+s are just around 50 bucks (48 at newegg...) these days)


But you will defenitely experience a HUGE boost and I'd say live with TMPGEnc

Thanks.
I believe I have a pretty good motherboard (I upgraded to an Elite board with SiS and dropped my horrendous Via kt133 chipset!), upgraded my Matrox G400 and (US bought) Rainbow Runner G to a stunning ATI 64mb DDR 64mb Radeon ViVo I picked up (brand new) from ebay for £25, and bought two 80gb Maxtor D740x hdd's on RAID 0 so am pretty happy with my setup.
I intended to spend £100.00 ($150-ish) on *just* a mobo and lower spec athlon and ended up nearer £600.00, but it was worth it and included a Panasonic DVD-R burner (with my wife's blessing, amazing!)
The AMD 2000XP was £65 ($90) this side of the pond, retail boxed with fan, warranty etc.
Thanks, take care.
Will

[q1aqza]

Also take a look at the MainConcept encoder (www.mainconcept.com) it is almost as fast as CCE, much faster than TMPG, and produces quality that is very comparable to both of them.

It is also 1/10th of the price of CCE ($149), if you were to pay for CCE of course

[Will Hay]

It is also 1/10th of the price of CCE ($149), if you were to pay for CCE of course

I'm sure I don't know what you mean
I only want to fade one scene into the next and clip out the bits my wife stumbled with the camcorder!), and having tried Cyberlink Power Director this was not only difficult to follow (no manual).
I don't want no fancy effects, no subtitles and no voiceovers, just simply take out a part I don't like and fade in the two scenes that are left.
Premier still the best for this kind of stuff?
Thanks,
Will

[miketree]

Silky,

Try Video Factory from Sonic Foundry. Download a trial & have a play.

[dvd.master]

AS I SAID BEFORE VIDEOWAVE 5 DOES ALL YOU NEED WITH EASE

TRY IT

[Will Hay]

I'm getting 'sound out of sync' issues with TMPGEnc (at least I think it's TMPGenc), when converting my first dvd to dvd-r.
I think I'll need to try another encoder to indeed assess whether TMPGEnc is at fault.
Will

[letgoofmyears]

If you're backing up commercial DVDs(at least that's what I understand from your last post), don't use TMPGenc. Use CCE for any compressing you have to do, then use DVDMaestro to author it. DVDMaestro will fix any sync problems you might have.

[gandalf]

In all fairness, unless you are going to spend a lot of money TMPGenc is wiiiicked..........

I really dont know why it gets so much stick I use it and its a beautiful program with great results.