Resize video from 720/480 to 352/480

[Bronx]

I want to resize a couple of movies from 720/480 to 352/480.

I have tried tmpgnc and mc mpeg encoder but it takes so long.

Are there any other ways of doing this?

Both movies are about 90 Mins each.

Thanks.
Tito

[mats.hogberg]

CCE is faster, but don't expect miracles. Reencoding a 90 min mpeg takes time - how much depends on your processor. Expect 1-2 times real time with a recent Pentium IV and no filtering.

/Mats

[BSR]

I think the correct way to resize 720 to 352 and keep aspect ratio, is to crop 720 to 704(8 from each side) and then resize to 352. 704/2=352. Might be a little faster because of easier resizing, but don't think it will give you the speed increase your looking for.
What format are the 720x480 movies, DV, MPEG??

EDIT- How long is your encoding currently taking?

[Bronx]

What format are the 720x480 movies, DV, MPEG??

EDIT- How long is your encoding currently taking?

The movies are MPEG. Last night I tried to re-encode one of the movies with Mainconcep but it would have taken 21 hrs to do the job.

[budz]

The movies are MPEG. Last night I tried to re-encode one of the movies with Mainconcep but it would have taken 21 hrs to do the job.

That's because your cpu and memory is not fast enough.

[Bronx]

I thought the same thing. I was hoping I could find another way around that.

thanks

[mats.hogberg]

Nope. Only a faster CPU will do. I get around real time with 3.2 GHz...

/Mats

[Bronx]

Can't afford a P4 PC this year to solve my speed issues.

Don't know if this should be in a new thread.....
Is it worth building a pc to meet all my NEEDS?

[budz]

Don't know if this should be in a new thread.....
Is it worth building a pc to meet all my NEEDS?

It would really depend on what your needs are. Do you do lots of video encoding? You could just upgrade your case, motherboard, CPU, memory and use the hard drive and optical drives you have. I built a pent 4 3.0c ghz chip, 800 fsb pc just to do video encoding. Takes me only 2 hours to encode using TMPGE and 1 hour with CCE. It used to take me 4-5 1/2 hours to encode on my pent 4 2.4 ghz chip, 400 fsb pc. If I used my pent 933 mhz pc it would be overnight process.

[Bronx]

Budz,

Yes, I do lots of encoding. How complicated is it to build your own pc?

[BSR]

I would say not complicated but all depends on how technical you are.
budz listed all the thing you would need. Just make sure the form factors are the same for the parts to go together, mothorboard, CPU, memory.
I've seen some places offer skeletons of units, you just have to add your own optical drives, monitor and such.
When I built my system, I used newegg.com for almost all my parts, as budz recommends in his avatar.

[Bronx]

I use newegg.com myself and am very pleased with them.

skeletons of units

Is that the computer case?

[SquirrelDip]

I agree totally with the comments you've recieved but will add the following:

Building your own machine can and will be quite rewarding. If you've never done this before then I'd recommend you find a local computer store and buy all your parts from them - this way you can still choose which parts you get and you have someone who is generally interested in helping you assemble. Also, if you have problems doing your instalation they'll usually take over for a nominal charge.

Also, I'd recommend you have the shop install the CPU on the motherboard for you (and maybe the RAM) - this is about the only thing that could go seriously wrong for you. Many stores will do this instalation for free...

As for precisely which parts to get... Ask the store for their recomendations AND start a new thread here and ask - you'll get loads of input from the friendly people at this board...

[BSR]

Sorry, guess I didn't make much sense. I think newegg would have it under bundle specials.
What i meant by skeloton is it would have the case, motherboard, PS, and sometimes the processor. I know www.tigerdirect.com sells these.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31