Encoding time for TMPGEnc

[jnojr]

Wow... I think I have all of my ducks in a row, but it looks like TMPGEnc wants 21 hours to re-encode! My CPU is an AMD 2500+ Barton, 512MB RAM Does that sound right, or is there maybe something horribly wrong in my settings?

Also, the little window that shows the frames crrreeeeppping by as it encodes is 4:3 The Video tab says 16:9

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Is there any way for me to be sure I'm going to get anamorphic 16:9 out of this thing if I let it go for 21 hours?

[mats.hogberg]

is there maybe something horribly wrong in my settings?

How could anyone tell, without knowing your settings? 21 hrs seems mighty long, unless the movie is a day or two long, or you haven't set the motion search precision to highest and/or are using lots of filters.

Is there any way for me to be sure I'm going to get anamorphic 16:9 out of this thing

Yes, by encoding just a minute or so, checking the result, then, if all seems well, encode the whole movie.

/Mats

[jimmalenko]

the little window that shows the frames crrreeeeppping by as it encodes is 4:3 The Video tab says 16:9... ...Is there any way for me to be sure I'm going to get anamorphic 16:9 out of this thing if I let it go for 21 hours?

Go to the options menu. Go to Preview Options and I'll bet that "Fix to 320x240" is selected. This is why the preview you are getting "appears to be 4:3". As long as your template settings were correct, you will be OK.

Good suggestion though to give a small sample a test run to prove it to yourself.

[Oscar wallace]

! My CPU is an AMD 2500+ Barton, 512MB RAM Does that sound right, or is there maybe something horribly wrong in my settings?

My CPU iS a AMD 1.3 Duron and it takes me 7-8 hours to encode a widescreen MPEG2 121 min film, got the same amount of memory as you as well, 21 hours seems way to long you need to check your settings again.

[rhegedus]

Are you running any filters in TMPGEnc?

[jnojr]

jimmalenko - Yes, that option is checked.

rhegedus - If by filters, you mean the .mcf files, then no. I started TMPGEnc, cancelled out of the Wizard, loaded unlock.mcf, put in my video and audio source, and set my Settings. The settings are:

http://www.john-oliver.net/screen1.gif

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http://www.john-oliver.net/screen2-1.gif

(I tried a couple of different things)

http://www.john-oliver.net/screen3.gif

http://www.john-oliver.net/screen4.gif

The encode time still says it's going to be 20-someodd hours. What else can I look at?

[ZippyP.]

2-pass vbr will double your encoding time, and the noise reduction filter that you checked will do that as well. Sounds like your encoding time is about right.

[jimmalenko]

2-pass vbr will double your encoding time, and the noise reduction filter that you checked will do that as well. Sounds like your encoding time is about right.

Echo this. I found the noise filter more than double the times, more like about 4X.

[LSchafroth]

2-pass vbr will double your encoding time, and the noise reduction filter that you checked will do that as well. Sounds like your encoding time is about right.

make sure to set your temp sapce in the Environment settings to at least 4.3Gb for the 2 pass. It will save a ton of encoding time.

Would it be faster to filter with AVISynth or VirtualDub? I don't know how fast they are in comparison to TMPGEnc's built in filters. Anyone?

LS

[jimmalenko]

make sure to set your temp sapce in the Environment settings to at least 4.3Gb for the 2 pass. It will save a ton of encoding time.

Do you mean make sure that the drive that your temp file will be stored on has at least 4.3GB free ?

[ZippyP.]

make sure to set your temp sapce in the Environment settings to at least 4.3Gb for the 2 pass. It will save a ton of encoding time.

Do you mean make sure that the drive that your temp file will be stored on has at least 4.3GB free ?

No. In TMPGEnc>environmental settings>cpu, set the cache to 4 GB.

[jimmalenko]

make sure to set your temp sapce in the Environment settings to at least 4.3Gb for the 2 pass. It will save a ton of encoding time.

Do you mean make sure that the drive that your temp file will be stored on has at least 4.3GB free ?

No. In TMPGEnc>environmental settings>cpu, set the cache to 4 GB.

OK. By default mine is 4096MB - that OK ?

[ZippyP.]

OK. By default mine is 4096MB - that OK ?

Honestly, I dunno. A post from a long time ago said that 4 GB seemed to be the best and that any more didn't make a difference. I've been using that ever since.

[jnojr]

Thanks for the info about the noise reduction and 2 pass.

How useful is the noise reduction? I'm going to try encoding without, and see what it looks like.

Also, about this cache setting... when I go to Environmental Settings -> CPU, I don't see it...

http://www.john-oliver.net/options.gif

It isn't under the other tabs, either.

[flaninacupboard]

i think you're using an old version of tmpgenc.

[jnojr]

I'm using 2.521.58.169 that I downloaded from tmpgenc.net maybe a week or two ago! How could I have an "old" version? Where should I download the correct one?

[flaninacupboard]

i'm using 2.521.58.169 as well, and i see



perhaps it only shows up in the full version.....?