Unusually long encode time, please read

[Veron]

i just ripped ocean's 11 and am now encoding (using TMPG). I did 2 pass VBR with an avg. bitrate of 3000. TMPG has been encoding for an hour and remaining time is near 17?!?! I encoded once before and it took about 8 hours, what would be possible reason for this? My system is 800 MHz and 320 mb ram. I know taht's not the fastest in the world but always gets the job done more quickly than this!! I'm using the conversion settings according to the IFOedit guide at doom9. Anyone familiar with this that could suggest some changes?!

[dc91gt]

sounds about right for an 800mhz machine for that bit rate.

a 2 hour long movie - vbr 2-pass on my P4-2.4GHz w/1GB DDR takes
about 6-7 hours in tmpgenc. Which is why I only use CCE now. Same 2 pass takes an hour and 10 minutes.

-d

[Veron]

wow! with that said, is there any reason for me to stick with TMPG if i can get my hands on CCE?

[hwoodwar]

"...with that said, is there any reason for me to stick with TMPG if i can get my hands on CCE?" No there isn't. However, from what I've "read", the "Lite" version does not support multipass VBR, and the next version up costs about $2000 U.S.