41 hours to convert 30 min video

[ems23]

i'm trying to convert a movie from AVI to SVCD. so far 17 hours have gone by with 24 more hours before it's done converting and that's only a quarter of the movie so i still have 3 more parts to convert. should it be taking this long? i'm using the settings i came across in a post.

[bugster]

Before any one can answer your question it would be rather helpful if you told us a few things.

What spec is your PC (CPU, RAM)
What encoder are you using.
What encoder settings are you using
have you applied any filters.
what is your source material.

Help us to help you, we don't have crystal balls!!

[ems23]

I'm using a dell precision 220 with 130,220 KB RAM, Pentium 3 it's my computer at work

Encoder is TMPGEnc
The settings I am using are:

On the "Advanced" tab:

"Noise reduction"
For VCD/SVCD (Not necessary for DVD)

Still picture: 100
Range: 4
Time Axis: 100
Check "High quality mode" and "Enable filter"

"Sharpen Edge"
For VCD/SVCD (Not necessary for DVD)

Horizontal: 127 (all the way to the right)
Vertical: -127 (all the way to the left)
DO check "Enable filter"
DO NOT check "Field base"

Now keep in mind that the additional settings above will DRASTICALLY increase encoding time, but your finished product will be awesome.

Other settings that you'll have to manually check since they don't get saved in a template file. These will have no effect on the time it takes to encode your video.

Also on the "Advanced" tab
Video source type: Non-interlace (progressive) [Change this if you get obvious horizontal lines]
Field order: Top field first (field A) [Change this if you notice "jerky" problems]
Source aspect ratio: 16:9 Display if it's a widescreen movie, or 4:3 525 line NTSC (or 4:3 625 line PAL) if it is a fullscreen movie.
Video arrange method: Full screen (keep aspect ratio)

On the "GOP structure" tab:
Check "Detect Scene change" unless you notice that it's causing blotches in your video.

On the "Quantize matrix" tab:
For VCD/SVCD, check all four boxes for VCD and SVCD and set "Intra block" to 10, and "Non-intra block" to 20.
For DVD, check only the first two boxes.

Like I said I got this settings from someones post.

[Treebeard]

With those settings it will take your computer forever to finish an encode.

i suggest not doing the noise reduction - that will lower the encode time alot. dont do the sharpen edge either - reduce more time


the settings you listed will probably give better results but its up to you whether the time is worth it.

its always Time VS. Quality - a very subjective matter and is up to each individual.

[bugster]

OK, I don't know the processor speed of a dell precision 220, but those noise reduction settings look like a real killer. The times reported are probably not too far off what you would expect in these circumstances. Get a MUCH faster PC or reduce/remove the noise reduction filter. If the source is a divx DVD rip, the noise reduction won't help much anyway.

All filters add to the encode time, its up to you to decide if it is worth the wait!

[ems23]

Thanks for all the help.