MPEG2 encoding times in TMPenc

[DaveQB]

yes its all relavant to the system your using, but i remember encoding files last year in a few hours, like 6-8 even, but now encoding is taking 24+ hours for one movie,

being srta new to it all last year i cant say what settings i had,
i know now i make sure search precision is set for slow (high quality) and things like, perhaps its just a setting thats different

what do other do TMPenc encoding to MPEG2 (regular movie length) in ??

PS doesnt seem to make a whole lotta difference whether its 2-pass or CBR

[housepig]

I capture at 720x480, 48khz audio Huffyuv avi, then convert to dvd compliant mpeg with TMPGenc, 2-pass VBR layer 2 audio at 224.

It basically takes 4-5x the original material. So a 90 minute movie takes between 6 to 8 hours to convert.

this is on an AMD 1800XP / 768Mb ram / WinXP Pro box.

[DaveQB]

hmmm, i only got 512 ram, thinking i need some more.

my athlon 1700+ runs @ 2600+ speeds though

got a movie here, 98 mins MJPEG 19 768x576 encoding to MPEG2 (DVD PAL) it says 31 hours to go

this is not the first with this extrodinary time

PS CBR too

PSS i encoded the same movie to Xvid in bout 75mins

[Proud Dad]

I'm finding the encoding times incredibly long as well ... I'm quite new at this, so I thought for sure I was doing something wrong ...

I set it on 2 pass VBR, to make a NTSC DVD (using the settings outlined in the guide at http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html) and my 124 minute movie is going to take 28 hours.

My assumption is that the 2-pass setting is essentially doubling the time required. Is this true?

Questions - is the finished product from the 2-pass VBR method THAT MUCH better than the 1 pass CBR method