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  1. 27th Jun 2004 16:11 #1
    Westcott
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    I am new to this DVD burning stuff.

    I have a brand new computer P4 3.0E Ghz w/512 MB 3200 DDR RAM but transcoding to prep edited material to burn to a DVD seems to take forever.

    Would a GIG of RAM actually cut the transcode process time by 1/2???
    Would it speed it the process at all?
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    Trancoding (and encoding) is CPU intensive and going beyond 512 MB only helps if you're multitasking. So the answer is no, to both questions.
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    ZippyP is right

    though with that cpu -- i would think you should install 1gig of memory anyway for the hell of it ..
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    After about 700MB, RAM no longer matters. I saw a slight jump in time when I added more RAM and tweaked the settings in the encoder. But even then, no more than 700 was ever used, even when I told it to use more.
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    Originally Posted by lordsmurf
    After about 700MB, RAM no longer matters. I saw a slight jump in time when I added more RAM and tweaked the settings in the encoder. But even then, no more than 700 was ever used, even when I told it to use more.

    ...depending what software you are using of course ...

    some will use everything you got and still want more ..
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