Proshow encoding speed, your feedback please...

[huiwinsun]

Hi guys, I know I'm late but I finally got myself a DVD writer.

I have a PIII 866MHz and have been using proshow to create VCD slideshows, and the encoding speed achieved for VCD is usually around 0.7X.

Now I'm trying to create a DVD slideshow, but the encoding speed is down to a miserable 0.1X - it'll take forever to encode a DVD!

So, is 0.1X the usual encoding speed for proshow DVD? Thanks in advanced for any feedback.

[rubberman]

Im using the GOld version and i'm getting about the same speed. When its Rendering video it gets to 88% then locks up. I tried this 3 times with the same result. All the pictures total under a gig. I can do a normal DVD movie faster than this thing encodes.

[tin2tin]

You could try DVDslideshowGUI it's pretty fast and free...
Tin2tin

[rubberman]

so i have download all those rar files? Whats a good rar program?

[mats.hogberg]

Well, compared to the time I spend creating the slideshow, even 0.1 times real time is by no means any significant amount of time...

/ Mats

[BJ_M]

so i have download all those rar files? Whats a good rar program?

what is this about ?

[pepegot1]

Mine encodes at better than 4x. Any machine under 1 Ghz is too slow for DVD work. You need more HP.

[tin2tin]

@ rubberman
you can find winrar here.

Tin2tin

[rubberman]

Im really starting to hate Proshow Gold. I have created VideoCDs fine but trying to do DVDs is a pain. I have added 180 images with several small MPG clips. The damn thing freezes around 90% when ;rendering video; section. Using my laptop with a Athlon2500+. Does the same on my dell desktop.

[huiwinsun]

Thanks all. Tested on my brother's P4 3.0GHz machine and found out it's high time to scrap mine!

Proshow freezes all the time when I was using WinME. It's much better with WinXP.

Thanks.