Problems authoring - 100% CPU

[zoothorn]

I am working my way through creating my first DVD here so I may just be missing something simple. I've read several guides here and many posts, I've done searches...I'm not sure where else to turn. Maybe someone will have a suggestion or two. Here is what I've done:

Purchased and install the ADVC 1394 capture card
Captured from JVC MiniDV to AVI via Vegas Video
Used Vegas to put together some stills, music, AVI with fades, etc.
Output from Vegas as an AVI
Used TMPGEnc to convert from AVI to MPEG2 (35 min AVI took about 90 min)

So far so good, unless I messed something up there. I go to author with DVD Architect and when I add the AVI as an asset it goes non-reponsive with 100% CPU usage. Tried this several times have to kill the application each time. Let it run for about 4 or 5 hours one time.

Suspecting a problem with DVD Architect, I tried TMPGEnc DVD Author. At the point where I went to load in the MPEG2, it goes to 100% CPU and never comes back (as of now it's been about 5 hours for it).

Hardware is an Intel P4 2.0mhz, 384MB Ram

Questions:

Am I doing anything obviously wrong here?
I've seen talk of 9 or 11 hour waits, is this the place where that would normally take place? I thought it was in AVI to MPEG2 encoding but that was relatively painless (90 mins).

I'm thinking of trying DVD Workshop to author this but I'm guessing I know where it's going to hang up!

Thanks for any advice.

Zoot

[zoothorn]

Forgot to add I'm running XP Home SP1.

Thanks.

[musher70]

I too, used tmpg-author, kinda tricky to get that
to work though, seems to only import mpv or m2v/ac3
files, wouldnt take mpeg2 converted from tmpg,
then theres those audio issues also, if you captured
as avi, which codecs did you use if any?if you capped
am avi, use v-dub to save wav file and convert
to ac3 file thru besweet, those files are in tools sect...
so are guides how to use...

[zoothorn]

wouldnt take mpeg2 converted from tmpg,

Well that would explain why I can't use TMPGEnc Author with my MPEG2. Thanks. I would even worry about why TMPGEnc Author won't take a file from TMPGEnc!! Would you expect it to go into a CPU loop though??!?

Just suspicious since DVD Architect did the same thing.

then theres those audio issues also, if you captured as avi, which codecs did you use if any?

I'm not sure what audio issues to which you refer, unless I just didn't hit them yet. I haven't used wav files at all. I put an mp3 behind the slide show in Vegas but when I output from Vegas everything (audio and video) was turned into the one AVI file. That's what I converted to a single MPEG2 with TMPGEnc. As for which codes?? I'm not sure...either one from Vegas or is that part of the ADVC 1394 capture. Sorry for the ignorance there....

Zoot.

[Reaper88]

I too, used tmpg-author, kinda tricky to get that
to work though, seems to only import mpv or m2v/ac3
files, wouldnt take mpeg2 converted from tmpg,
then theres those audio issues also, if you captured
as avi, which codecs did you use if any?if you capped
am avi, use v-dub to save wav file and convert
to ac3 file thru besweet, those files are in tools sect...
so are guides how to use...

The first time i used it it took my mpeg2 file that i converted with tmpenc.