avi to mpeg encoder problem

[stu252]

hi all i have an avi film i am trying to convert to vcd mpeg. i am using the avi to mpeg decoder from vcdhelp downloads, but the conversion is very slow. the avi film i have is about 1 and a half hours long, and it would take me about 3 days non stop to encode it to mpeg at 25 fps, any help on how to do it quicker or another faster encoder would be appreciated.
thanx
stu252

[Shabubu]

Post your computer specs and we'll see if it's normal for that, but TMPGEnc will probably be faster for you.

[stu252]

hi ,specs are below
128 mb ram
1 ghz amd processor
40 gb hardrive.

i also tried tmpgenc and that is about the same on the conversion as well.
thanx
stu252

[cosiz]

I use a 1 gHz P3 HP Pavilion

It takes me 1.5 to 2 hours for conversion of a 60min. AVI. Converting with TMPG 12e, using the NTSC VCD template.

Cheers

[stu252]

hi m8, thanx for the reply i am in the uk and have tried to convert to pal and ntsc with both the same results i have just installed windows xp that i brought yesterday and wondered if this might be the problem.
thanx
stu252

[roadstar56]

hehe... i have a 1.2gig w/256meg ram and it takes me rufly 14hrs to encode a 88min avi...

[vhelp]

stu252,

What's your avi SOURCE quality like?
* Satalete or Cable?
* clean or statically/grainy?
* Cartoon/animation or TV show?
* MPEG1 or MPEG2, and BITs setting, i.e., 2520/3500/6000. .
* AND, what's your resolutions?
i.e., (352x480 / 480x480 / 640x480 / 720x480)
...will reflect your encoding times. You didn't
say what resolution you were encoding at, no

I have an Athlon 900mhz w/ pc133 128mb ram
Based on a one hour capture to avi, it takes me 5 to 7 hours to
encode to SVCD (xSVCD??), here's my specs (partial) :
VIRTualDub
* (frameserve) to tmpgenc 12/12a (3 filters)
- - - > resise 640x480 down to 352x480
TMPGenc
* encode to xSVCD 352x480 @ 2520Mbits / audio 128k /

Ok, given the above, I'd like to add what I have, so far,
observed during avi encodes to mpeg2:
* if source has little movements and has clean single color
areas, you'll notice that the frames update quicker in
tmpgenc. So, (in theory) if one day, you capture a, i.e.,
a 1 hour Star Trek clip, and it take you 5:30 minutes to
encode, and then the very next day you cap Star Trek again,
different show, your encode time will more than likely be
something different! Maybe 7 hours. It just depends on
the scenes, and quality of the scenes and colors, etc., etc.
Maybe someone else an add to my statement. So, get
used to it! And, don't be surprised if today, your encode
is 11 hours, but your tomorrows encode is 8 hours. It
will all depend on the above, ...oh, and also the quality
of your providers signal too. REMEMBER THESE THINGS!!

I use the DC10+ for my AVI captures, else I use my
wintv pvr usb for quickies, he he...


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: vhelp on 2001-11-09 17:55:47 ]</font>

[stu252]

hi guys, thanx for the replys, what i have know done is buy LSX mpeg encoder and convert avi to vcd 2.0 at 25 fps, i did use a cable modem but that has gone down so i have been dong it on 56k modem for now, i encoded today a 1 and half hour avi film using lsx in just over 2 hours including uncompressing the audio and joining both the audio and video together at a rate of 1600 k bits a second, not a bad picture and sound particular thanx to v help and cozis for your info i found this really helpful i have encoded into pal by the way perhaps that is why it might have been quicker.
thanx
stu252

[Specialized]

WOW!!! Those are some long conversion times.....Maybe RAM has a part to play in the whole process... I can convert a 70 minute film to mpeg1/vcd in about 58 minutes.
My System specs:
900 AMD Athlon T-bird clocked @933
Dual Maxtor 40G 7200rpm HDD's
1.24Gig PC133 Sdramm
Win 98se
Using TMPGEnc version 2.01.3
Burning VCD with Ahead Nero