Poor network performance when MUXing

[aramo]

I make SVCD compatible files using TMPGEnc and then use SVCD2DVD to create a DVD containing one or more 'movies' (usually two). Often the TMPGEnc 'source' files are on a networked PC I use drive mapping to make the directories appear local. The final VOB files are stored locally space permitting. Network is 100Mbps, PCs are midrange IBM P3s, OS is XP-pro.
I've noticed that the demuxing phase takes about 10 minutes per GB - which is OK by me - but the subsequent muxing phase which produces the movie-DVD.mpg file takes about 100 minutes per GB. During this phase network utilisation is about 5% and CPU utilisation is under 50%. Doing the numbers for 2 2GB movies it takes 20+200+20+200 [7+ hours] to create the movie1-DVD.mpg and movie2_DVD.mpg files, add about another 2 hours to create the [local] VOB files and another 1/2 hour for the DVD burn and verify and the whole process of turning two SVCD compatible mpeg files into a SVCD-on-DVD takes about 10 hours.
Given I prefer to use a network at some stage during the tmpgenc.mpg > SVCD process can anyone advice me how to speed up the work.

[ChrissyBoy]

Locally it takes about 30 mins. Why are you networking?

[Callan]

Locally it takes about 30 mins. Why are you networking?

Hi, Chrissyboy!

I have been thinking about this problem for a while, and the only reason I could come up with would be that this person maybe has uncompressed AVI on the other machine, and no room for that on his own.

Callan