Too long in TMPGENC

[paulwilko]

Hello all,

I am putting an AVI file into TMPGENC to convert ready for DVD.

When i start the process, it says it will take appx 11 hours for an 1 1/2 hour film.

Is this normal ??

Seems along time to me !!

Anything i can do to speed it up ??

THanks

Paul

[Grimey]

are you using CBR or VBR?

[paulwilko]

Okay, CBR seems to bring it down to 5 hours.

What am i losing in CBR then ??

I still think 5 hours is a long time though !!

[PIntag]

With your system specs, yes this is normal. Before you go to sleep, start the encode. When you awake in the morning, it's done!

[Poppa_Meth]

I usually use CQ instead. Its a special one pass that gives comparable results to 2 pass VBR. As for speed that is mainly based on how fast your processor is. also shut down any unnecessary programs running in the background and close any internet connection to keep things from pinging your computer. set your priority in TMPGEnc to the highest settings as well. Thats about all you can do to increase speed.

[Supreme2k]

Even for your specs, that's about double what it should be. Are you using any filters? What settings are you using? Templates, or your own?

One thing that you may want to try is separating the audio with Virtualdub. TMPGEnc may be bogging down with that.

[ZippyP.]

Anything i can do to speed it up ??

Set motion search to estimate, turn off noise reduction (if on), get a faster cpu.

[ZippyP.]

What am i losing in CBR then ??

VBR allows high motion scenes to get more bitrate while limiting the file size. It's really good when the bitrate is low and you want to get the maximum amount of time on a disk. If you're only putting 1.5 hours on a dvd then I wouldn't worry about it, CBR should be fine.

[PIntag]

I usually use CQ instead. Its a special one pass that gives comparable results to 2 pass VBR. As for speed that is mainly based on how fast your processor is. also shut down any unnecessary programs running in the background and close any internet connection to keep things from pinging your computer. set your priority in TMPGEnc to the highest settings as well. Thats about all you can do to increase speed.

CQ mode does produce nice quality comparable to VBR, BUT the video size will be larger.

[johns0]

CQ mode does produce nice quality comparable to VBR, BUT the video size will be larger.

Not always,sometimes the file size can be much smaller with wide screen film at 23.976fps with pulldown but can be much larger with fullscreen at true 29.97fps.

[rfielder]

I am putting an AVI file into TMPGENC to convert ready for DVD.

When i start the process, it says it will take appx 11 hours for an 1 1/2 hour film.

My system:

P4c 2.8Ghz, 1Gb RAM, SATA IDE drivers (200Gb Seagate, 160Gb Seagate) and EIDE (120 WD, 60Gb Maxtor), Matrox P750 video.

I am splitting the original file, destination file, and temp directory across three different drives.

Encoding a 90 minute TV show was just under 10 hours, using TMPGenc Xpress.

Comparable to your time, so I don't think anything is wrong.

This is something I have been running into since I got Xpress. Just figured it took that long!

[Poppa_Meth]

You can see my comp specs in the details button. a 90 minute movie using CQ for me usually takes about 2 hours tops.

Also, I'm using TMPGEnc Plus latest 2.5 version. Xpress seems to have gone downhill.