Encoding times ?

[ha13may]

Hi !

Can a couple of people please tell me their encoding times for tmpeg. ie converting a two hour movie or a 45-60 minute episode like x files or friends from a ripped dvd to vcd or svcd. Please if possible tell me if you are using a dual or single processor and what spec.

I have an amd k6-2 550 with 256MB RAM. I'm planning on upgrading. It takes me overnight just to do a single 45 minutes x files episode.

thanks in advance !

[Tbear]

It take about 2hrs to encode a DVD rip of 1hr 30min movie. i have AMD Athlon Xp 2000 +. This is for VCD. I have read when doing VBR 2 pass it will take twice as long as 1 pass CBR. I also do batch converting, doing several movies over night.

[pinoy2201]

well on my P3 1.0ghz it use to take me like 4 hours for a 2 hours movie but i just got a Amd Athlon Xp +170 and it akes me like 2-3 hours

[Cobra]

Am I doing something different here? I like to max out all the quality settings (except Motion Search Precision, unless it needs it), because I like my VCDs to look and sound good, but my VCDs take about 16 hours for a 2 hour movie. I encode from 520 x something DivX files to PAL VCD (MPEG-1), and I have a P4 1.5GHz with 512MB ram and a huge hard drive, so no space problems.

Is there an option I've missed which says "Don't go so sloooowwww that encoding must take place overnight", or is it just because I am maxing the quality out?

Thanks for any advice!

CobraDMX

[pinoy2201]

yup your problem is your maxing everything! i usualy make everything at normal settings but i usualy tweak things abit more and plus i encode at a Motion Search At a High Setting not Highest setting has the highest setting give the same quality as high setting but it tke twice as long....i suggest try to encode at a normal settings

[aruprc16]

Hi !

Can a couple of people please tell me their encoding times for tmpeg. ie converting a two hour movie or a 45-60 minute episode like x files or friends from a ripped dvd to vcd or svcd. Please if possible tell me if you are using a dual or single processor and what spec.

I have an amd k6-2 550 with 256MB RAM. I'm planning on upgrading. It takes me overnight just to do a single 45 minutes x files episode.

thanks in advance !

Approximately 3.5 hours with my dual P-III 850 with 512MB ram. Settings are two pass VBR with interlace filter on and for the audio I use tool lame and ssrc.

For the same movie and the same settings my P6 1.6a with 512 DDR would take approximately 3 hours so not much of a gain for me. I intend to get the dual AMD machine soon and then I am sure there will be a significant difference.

[pinoy2201]

For the same movie and the same settings my P6 1.6.

Never heard there was a Pentium 6?

[vcdfreak]

Recently build 2 P4a (1.6G & 1.8G) systems and 1 Athlon XP 1800+ system. The encoding time in TMPGEnc do not differ by much. 1800+ and P4A 1.8G take around the same time to encode.

It also depends on your converison scenario. Some claims to encode 2-3x of video time, you need to check the source and target resolution and format. This can be very misleading. If you convert from a DV/DVD source and encode to PAL/NTSC VCD format, it will take a very long time no matter what processor you use. Of course, the faster the better but it won't be anywhere closed to real time encoding.

Tips: Prevent resizing your preview window size helps in encoding time. Also use multi-threading feature if you have a faster processor although you don't have a dual processor system. Setting to highest priority when active in W2K/XP helps. Video prefeteching is NOT recommended as it might eat up more bus traffic and display erratic remaining time...

Hope this helps...

[alturismo]

encoding times all from ripped dvd sources

svcd 480 x 576 15 fps at vbr ~2200 (500 - 6500)

dvdr 720 x 576 12 fps at vbr ~2500 (500 - 9500)

on svcd i work with 2 passes

on dvdr i work with 3 passes

all encoded using avisynth/cce (svcd simple resize or bicubic resize)

mashine im running on is PIII/750 512mb ram 20/80gig hd´s

all encoding from 1 drive to other for a bit better performance

thats about it

[alturismo]

ups, forgot something

all encoding without audio

audio sep. with toolame about 20min for 2h movie

then depends

svcd have to multiplex video/audio

so takes another 5-10 min each cd

[holistic]

Download VCD and full ISO of games Here

Being a mod, i knew you were clean but when i saw that i almost fell off my chair . Funny 1 P

[lusid]

63 minute video -> tmpgenc VCD + soften block noise = 30 minutes
63 minute video -> virtualdub + crop and resize + smartsmoother -> tmpgenc VCD + soften block noise = 98 minutes.

I'm using a dual athlon MP 1600+. My source is a huffy encoded AVI @ 352x240. I cap a 1 hour tv show with 1 minuted pre-roll and 2 minutes post-roll, hence 63 minutes.

Going the DVD2AVI route slows it down a bit, but I almost never make dvd rips so I couldn't tell you the encode times.

[prox]

I'm also new to this so I'm probably doing something wrong..

so far about for a 1 hour movie:
10 hrs with TMPG in CQ mode
10 hrs with CCE in very good quality mode
5-6 hrs with CCE in default mode

using DVD2SVCD , K7-900, 256 MB, 98SE

[teamhawaii]

SURVEY: How about SVCD?

Example.. 45 minute show, encoded to MPG2 for an SVCD.

What programs do you use and what settings?

[musicnyman]

for a great quality dvd -> 2 svcd movie backup, it takes me a good 8 hours per dvd on average. i use tmpgenc using 2 pass VBR in high quality motion search precision and toolame and SSRC as external audio plugins. definitely worth the wait!