encoding times

[morr1s]

I am curious on how fast my encode times should be. I have seen posts that say their encode time is the same as the length of the video. I am running pentium 3.2c with asus motherboard p4p800e deluxe. I only have 512m pc3200 ram for now. My encode times are about twice the time of the video. I usually encode to best quality.

[Blazey]

It depends what your encoding, filters applied, which encoder, etc. This question is a bit too general. For instance - I just encoded an AVI to MPEG2 2 pass vbr with excessive fiters and editing. Encode time was 11 hours out of Vegas with the Main Concept encoder, but the end result is what I wanted.

[morr1s]

sorry for being general. I am encoding a DV file captured from my panasonic DV-852 camcorder. I am encoding in premiere 6.5 and making it a high quality mpeg2 with no filters etc. Just a straight conversion.

[racer-x]

It sounds about right. Asuming your using the built-in Mainconcept encoder that comes with Premiere 6.5. It all depends on the settings used, especially Motion Search and Motion Range settings.

[bugster]

It is possible to encode DV footage to a DVD compliant mpeg much faster than that, but it will probably look like crap If you want quality, be patient. About twice real-time seems pretty reasonable to me.

[Hardcoreruss]

You have similar specs to mine, at best quality a 90min film takes around 2 hours.

[vhelp]

Hi all.

In my OP, I don't think it's a good idea to use VBR (2pass, etc)
in a DV -to- DVD conversion ( or is it transfer ) project.

In my many excercises w/ DV -to- DVD, (using my TRV22 and FW) I
found that VBR just didn't cut it w/ the amount of Interlace issues
DV has (NTSC) and VBR.
.
That is why I much prefer CBR encode, plus that added bonus of it being
twice fast (assuming you are processing w/ 2pass or more)
.
Lets face it, unless you are trying to squeez 5 hours onto one DVD-r
and quality not being an issue (in that case) you are short-changing
and cheating yourself w/ VBR encoding. VBR encoding might be good for
a true FILM source (of which I won't get into here) but Pure Interlace
source as in DV, and add to that, the human nature (I mean, error) of
holding a cam in their hands while shooting footage is, VBR (IMO) is
not the best method for a DV -to- DVD project
.
Since your obvious goal is to make DVD's, then why not go for bust, and
use the encode mode of CBR and say, 9000 as your bitrate ??
I use this method, and have very good results, though I do hate those
blastid Interlace in my final MPEG-2 encode, that's just the nature of
the beast w/ DV and Interlace
.
But, when I couple that w/ a good use of a Tripod, and also fair to
good cam movements, and couple that w/ decent lighting, and cam settings
during my footaging (of which I'm *STILL* learning the mastering of)
I am enjoying the final output of my DV -to- DVD projects
...though I wish I could get better.

But, I think that there may be other factors involves here, (with respect
to your issues, that is) but we don't have those details. You do
Anyways..

I would like to suggest a CBR and 9000 bitrate to start, and see how
they compare. And, since you are using VS.. why not give TMPG a test
run as well, and using the same (CBR and 9000 bitrate) as I suggested
and compare and see for yourself, if there are any differences in your
final quality

TGIF and Good luck,
-vhelp