DVD-R Taking Too Long To Burn

[NewJak]

Hi again All, Before I begin I would like to let you all know that I am indeed a Newbie so this whole DVD-R Burning thing is new to Me, In fact I just got My first DVD-R writer this Christmas. Now let Me explain My dilemma. I am trying to burn four episodes of a cartoon show in AVI format onto a DVD-R 8X disc that holds 4.7GB And It seems to be taking way too long. For example the first episode alone took almost two hours to get half done and it still couldn't finish. I noticed that the transcoding process seemed to take the longest. I just got fed up and quit. Is there a way I can speed up this process? Each file is a different size (one is 63.6MB, another is 71.2 MB, another is 75.4 MB, and the final one is 62.9 MB) My writer is an I/O Magic-16X Internal DVD+RW/+R Duel Format, Double Layer. And the settings are as follows...Video Mode-NTSC, Quality-Automatic, Aspect Ratio-Automatic, Priority-Normal. I NEED YOUR HELP BAD FOLKS, PLEASE HAVE MERCY!

[wwjd]

It is hard to tell from the information in your post what it is you are trying to do. What I mean is, are you just trying to make a data DVD or a DVD that you can play in a DVD player?

If you are making a DVD to play in a stand alone DVD player then the avi files have to be encoded to compliant mpeg files and then authored (put into a format that most standard DVD players will understand). Your profile just says that you are running ME as your OS (operating system). Since there is no other information about what CPU or how much DRAM you have I will assume that you are running a PIII. What I am getting at is that encoding takes a lot of CPU and DRAM. Some software encoders are faster than others but if you have a CPU less than a 1.2Ghz then software will not really matter that much.

By the way what software are you using?

More detail on your computer setup and video software will help!

wwjd

[NewJak]

Oops Forgot to mention that I am using The Nerovision Express 2SE program to burn the files onto disc. I hope that is enough details for you guys. thanks

[wwjd]

Is this for a data DVD or for viewing on a stand alone DVD player?

What speed is your CPU? How much DRAM do you have?

wwjd

[NewJak]

these files are to be played in a standard DVD player. I have burned other smaller files which have played on my DVD player no problem So I know that it works. My compuetr is running on Windows 98.

[banger298]

welcome to the world of dvd+-r burning .
burnig takes any thing for about 7min to 60min to burn a full disc depenant of what speed the disc is 1x, 2x 4x 8x 12x 16x .
encoding it all down to your pc, faster your pc faster the encoding is going to be eg ,my amd 64bite 2800 will encode a xvide or avi (1.5gb@ in size) in about an hour using nero express 3, vcd svcd in about 15min (1.5gb in size ).
my amd xp 3200 takes 3 times longer to do the same files using same progams .
there are faster programs put they all seem to take about the same time to encode dvdr's. to me
and nero expess is a basic encoding program [/u]

[NewJak]

My computer RAM is 63.0 MB is that what you are asking? Sorry again, I am new to computers and i appreciate your patience.

[wwjd]

NewJak,

Your problem is that it is taking a very long time to encode and then burn relatively small avi files to DVD for viewing in a stand alone DVD player. You have burned some smaller files and it took a lot less time. Am I following so far?

Your Operating System (OS) is Windows 98 and you think you have 63Mb of RAM. Your using NVE to do the file conversion from avi to mpeg and it is also doing what is called authoring and then it burns the result to DVD.

My opinion is that you probably do not have enough computer to do the job any faster. What your trying to do is something like trying to drain a large lake with a garden hose. Even will small files such as yours it could take a very long time to encode and then burn. I am pretty sure your DVD burner can pretty much max out your system just by itself.

The smaller files that took less time may have been compliant mpegs and not avi. If that were the case then less encoding would have been required and hence less time to author and burn.

There is no magic pill or software that can get you around a computer that is too slow. Your best bet for now is to setup the program to run overnight.

wwjd

[wwjd]

I forgot to mention that if you do plan on running over night, make sure that you turn your screen saver off. When I leave my system on and running I turn off the screen saver and then I just turn the monitor off.

wwjd

[NewJak]

Thanks WWJD, I'll just leave it set up and see what happens. I'll let you know how it went.