21 hours to rip a dvd got to be joking please help.

[kpawley]

Please can anybody help. I have just downloaded dvd2svcd great software
but it took me 20 hours to rip one dvd and then my computer came to a grinding halt at 87% my system is---amd duron800mhz---128 megs of ram----win 98 but every thing goes dead slow in encoding --transcoding
I ripped 1 chapter 6 mins and it took nearly 2 hours.
Have I unzipped files to right place!!!! Help would be great tanx Keith---
Newbie..

[mrbass]

Say if your brand new to dvd2svcd. I offer the following advice if you don't wish to read the Q&A, references, FAQs, etc.

#1Rip a single chapter and test it out (quality, etc.)

#2 don't complain or wonder about time performance until you've done a little bit of reading of the guides. If you don't have 21 hours to spare then I'd suggest you spend a couple of hours reading and trim your time down. For the love of pete...please don't tell me you did 5 pass vbr especially with a processor like that.

I'm not trying to come across mean...but if you wish to have a sem-decent handle of how dvd2svcd works. Spend a little bit reading please.

If it makes you feel any better I used to do 33 hour encodes on a PIII 450MHz and that was only 3 pass vbr.

[poopyhead]

yea...durons and celerons are on the lower end of CPU performance...don't be surprised to get 20+ hours in encoding for those CPUs...(btw..CPU is the MOST important factor in encoding time...so don't bother wasting money on other stuff w/o upgrading your CPU)

[Mirror_Image]

Even with an Athlon XP2200+ or a P4 Northwood 2.4GHz, encoding doesn't happen at the snap of the fingers. Like they pointed out, your CPU will be the time-critical component, so put your money there if you want to speed up the process (either that, or turn the quality settings way down and make a shabby-looking video).

[tgpo]

Spend the money, get a mac....gotta get my apple placements in when I can.