how much ram is enough

[I@n S]

for video editing etc...? I've got 256 and it takes 1hour 30 min just to do a music video clip in TMPenc

[Tbear]

You should have enough ram. The time it takes to encode is dependent on the speed of your CPU. A faster CPU means faster encoding time. going from a 700Mhz to 1400mhz should cut your time by almost half.

[kitty]

With WinXP Pro you might consider 512MB to make sure processes are not swapping - task manager should help you determine that.

But I agree CPU speed makes the difference.

[Homegrown]

Hiya

Not that I can help much, but my new P4 2.0 GHz with 256 MB DDR requires 26-30 hrs to convert a 2.5 hr DVD into a SVCD bin/cue. I was also considering more RAM, but have heard that it wouldnt benefit much for the total time to encode.

But then after a full day, I have a great SVCD.

[Xtreme]

I would agree that ram dont make a difference ..... but i have 768megs of DDR ram and dual 1.2 GHZ MP processors. TMPGenc supports dual processors .... so it helps me out alot. I am gonna upgrade to dual 2.0GHZ MP processors shorlty. It takes me 30 minutes to convert a AVI file to MPG. Not bad .... its all about the processors. =)