how much time it takes to convert a dvd into a VCD (MPEG-1)

[kunalmusic]

hi all

can you please tell me that how much time (approx.) it should take for the whole process

converting a 2 hour long dvd movie to a VCD (2 discs using 80MIN CDR) MPEG-1 format

I am using smart ripper to rip then DVD2AVI for creating project for TMPGEnc and then TMPGEnc for converting to MPEG-1

it shows remaining time 4 hours .
the VOB file is on hard disk

here are the PC specs
P III 1.1 GHz, 128MB SDRAM,

when i tried main concept ...it shows 3 and half hours remaining
i have enough space on HDD.. (Seagate Baracudda 80 GB with 7200 rpm)

quality is acceptable from both tools

one of my friend does the same thing. he said that it takes only 90 mins.
but he is not telling the software he uses and also not the pc specs
please anybody help

[Fluffbutt]

Well, how long is a piece of string?

My p3-800 takes 4 hrs with motion search at normal, and 5.5 hrs with motion search set to high.

My old man's p4-2.4 takes 2.5 and 3.5 hrs, same settings.
I'd guess a p4-3.0 would maybe do 2 hrs and 2.5 maybe.

It depends on the type of movie (action/drama/chick-flick - actions being longer to process dur to the constantly changing frames, and chick-flicks take forever because "yeah, love, I'll do it soon").

And it depends on the quality settings (eg - DvdX has 5 settings for motion search, and it takes longer the better you do).

[kunalmusic]

well
thanks for t he answer
but still the problem remains unsolved

can you tell what setting should i apply in TMPGEnc

i m using a guide available on this site

or should i use some other way (whic h way)

please help

[Ripper2860]

Are you using the LordSmurf guide? If not give it a try as it gives good tips on speeding up encoding without sacrificing quality.

http://www.lordsmurf.com/convert/tmpgenc/tmpgencplus.htm

There are however, a lot of vaibles that come into play to determine the amount of time. Multi-pass VBR vs CBR vs CQ mode all have varying time requirements. The type of film as mentioned earlier also determines the length of time. The more action -- the more complex, the longer the conversion process. Visually complex films will take longer to encode as it takes longer to determine what can be compressed and by how much.

The same film in 2 different encoded formats can take can take considerably different lengths of time to convert and encode. Even with the same encoder settings. Before TMPGEnc or any other encoder can convert a file, it must be run through the decode process using their original codec before being re-encoded. The speed at which different codecs can decode varies.

There is no standard time to re-encode a file to VCD. They can all be different.

Of course more RAM and a faster processor would not hurt either!

[clifbel]

kunalmusic,
Just download DVDX not to be confused with DVD X COPY EXPRESS. It will do all the converting from dvd to vcd in the one program. if you search you should find some good guides for using it but its really basic to use. I have a P4 2.8 running 512mg ram and yeah it all still takes a while about 2.5 to 3 hrs (as already stated by Fluffbutt) depending on the kind of movie.

8) Cliff

[kunalmusic]

kunalmusic,
Just download DVDX not to be confused with DVD X COPY EXPRESS. It will do all the converting from dvd to vcd in the one program. if you search you should find some good guides for using it but its really basic to use. I have a P4 2.8 running 512mg ram and yeah it all still takes a while about 2.5 to 3 hrs (as already stated by Fluffbutt) depending on the kind of movie.

8) Cliff

means the guy who says that it takes 90 mins is not true ???

[clifbel]

well lets face it if hes a friend he would have told ya his secrets but as he didnt well my guess is its bull S**t. He's prb dreamin. Tell him to wake up and change hands for a while. Or tell him you got some info on a forum and now it only takes ya 20 mins.
8) cliff.

[Gazorgan]

2 hour DVD to VCD? Ummmm, 1 hour, not counting burn time. It ususally encodes at about 80 fps........

[kunalmusic]

2 hour DVD to VCD? Ummmm, 1 hour, not counting burn time. It ususally encodes at about 80 fps........

how ??

but in which program it is possible and what should be settings

can you please tell me the program and their settings ?

so that it can be converted in 1 hour


will be very thankful

[kunalmusic]

someone please tell me that which software encodes at about 80fps

any help will be highly appreciated

[johns0]

With your computer you will never encode at 80fps,you need at least a 2 ghz computer for that.

[kunalmusic]

any other suggestion

i m not in state to hold an upgrade for my pc



will a increase in RAM work ????

[johns0]

More ram just frees up the amount the computer can do without using swap files as much,no real speed increase.