encoding time in tmpgenc

[taxi man]

Is the quality difference between high quality and very high quality in tmpgenc worth nearly twice the encoding time.I am encoding svcd's
Ray.

[koinhelgo]

I find it depends on the source file. I don't usually bother if it's from a DVD rip, but I use the highest quality setting if the source is from a vhs real time input - A lot of my old tapes are quite "noisy" so the extra encoding time is worth it.
EXPERIMENT and see. Do the long encodes overnight and then you will see the next day what the differnece is. Of course encode the same source to see the difference.

[sherpadog]

i use tmpgenc to encode avi to mpeg format 352x241 size ntsc. my source is my vhs tapes. when i had my PII 450 cpu with 7200 rpm barracuda drive, my 30 mins avi file can be encoded in almost 2 hrs. then when i upgrade to 1.4 athlon with the same harddrive, the conversion of 30 mins avi was shorten only to 33 mins.

conclusion: the faster your proccesor, the faster the convertion will be.

[lemmy999]

I use the logoaway filter in Vdub and frameserve to TMPGEnc. I use the SVCD NTSCFilm template, encode to MPEG2 480x480 2100 CBR at High Quality. At the same time I perform auto IVTC and the Noise Filter (High quality in the noise filter not being selected makes a big difference in the time) on a 1.2GHz Athlon and it takes around 10 hours for 45 minutes of video. If the high quality in the noise filter is selected, it takes 14-15 hours. If I already have the filter filtered and IVTCd and frameserve to TMPGEnc with the SVCD NTSCFilm template 2100 CBR High Quality it takes only 2 hours 40 minutes.