Slow encoding media w/ adobe premier elements

[gmcman]

I initially put this in the wrong forum:

Maybe this is normal but when I try to put a 20 min DVD together from the handycam my PC takes what seems an abnormally long time to (1) render the footage, about 15 min and (2) encode the media before burning, about 1 hour. This is from the timeline when all is finished and if my PC specs are not in view it is an AMD 64 3200 and MSI K8N Neo4 mainboard, 2GB RAM 80GB HD. Maybe there is a setting I have that should not be enabled or maybe this is normal for a single-core processor, any help appreciated.

[harley2ride]

Do you really only have the one HD. For video work, it is highly recommended to have two HD's. One for software, and one for data (video). If your sole HD is fragmented, it could take a very long time to encode and burn a video file.

[greymalkin]

second that. Get a second BIG drive for video. If the source is on one drive, destination should be on the other one.

[gmcman]

The HD was defraged and source was the DVD from the handycam, but I guess being only 1 HD it had to be shared.

[edDV]

At first I thought the "Handycam" was DV but you say it was DVD. That begs the question what software were you using and what did you do on the timeline?

You probably decompressed MPeg2 (15 min?) and then encoded the uncompressed timeline back to MPeg2. Still, 60 min for a 20 min program is excessive unless other filters were being used. What were the encoder settings?

The more detail you provide the better to diagnose.

PS: I now see from the title you are using Premiere Elements. It probably defaults the timeline to DV format. In any case, you are decoding and re-encoding MPeg2. 60 min for encoding DV to DVD still seems long.

[gmcman]

The file is about 4 GB and yes it is DV capture from the properties. Maybe a setting on the PC and not the program? I can copy quake in a matter of seconds or half-life, PC is pretty fast but this is crazy

[edDV]

If all you are doing is cutting, try Womble MPeg-VCR or another MPeg native editor from this page https://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=107#107

Then author the DVD from the edited MPeg2.