normal converting time

[phatazzcav]

I have a dual 2.5 G5 mac and was curious what the normal converting time was from mpg to dvd. The mpg file is 635 mb. It seems to be taking a very long time. As i am typing this it has been almost an hour. Is this normal? thanks

[major]

It is normal. In the past, encoding a mpeg-2 file took several days. The reason of this delay is the furious complexity of the involved computation. I will post mpeg-2 encoding speed benchmarks soon.

[phatazzcav]

is this the correct encoding that i am trying to do? I want to take this mpg file and be able to play it on my home dvd player.

[major]

This depends on your source file format. You may post the information displayed in the left-side LCD screens of the "Summary" tab.

[phatazzcav]

it is a mpeg-1, 352x240, 23.976 fps

audio is mp2, 44100hz, 128 kbs

is that the info you were talking about?

[major]

Yes. A DVD may use mpeg-1 video, but your audio has to be resampled to 48000 Hz. So you may re-encode only the audio and save time.

1. Use the demux tool to separate video/audio from your mpg file
2. Re-encode the mp2 file at 48000 Hz sampling rate
3. Use the "Mux as.. DVD" tool to recombine the m1v file and the resampled mp2 file.