Need priority reduction.

[lleader]

When doing lengthy avi and pal>ntsc conversions with SVCD2DVD, my PC is esentially brought to it's knees for the duration. Sometimes this is for two or more hours. I can do other things with the PC but it's painfully slow. Is there a way, or can you add a way, to reduce the priority that SVCD2DVD runs at so that it only uses spare CPU cycles - ie. defers to other programs? If that's not possible, what about a 'Pause' button so I could do something else without having to wait till it finishes?

[ChrissyBoy]

I shall try to implement this.

[lleader]

Thank you for considering this, and for SVCD2DVD. I am enjoying using it very much.

[lleader]

Hi, CB. I have been trying out RC3, and I'm not sure that the 'priority' feature I requested (thanks!) is working. That is, if it is working it's having so little affect on things that I can't really be sure. Maybe I'm unclear on the concept - perhaps it is reducing the priority on the main SVCD2DVD program and what I really need lowered is ffmpeg since that is what is running most of the time and eating up CPU. Is there a point in time where I must change the priority from 'normal' to 'low'? ie: before I click on the 'Author your DVD' button? I have done this, as well as selecting it later.
Maybe it's not lowering the priority enough? What I want is essentially to have the encoding yield completely to any other task I attempt to run on the computer, and use only whatever CPU cycles are not needed by that new task.
Assuming this is achievable, it would be nice also to be able to 'save' this low priority setting so I wouldn't have to remember to set it each time. I can't imagine ever not wanting it turned to low if it works as I envision. I want to be able to fire up a four hour PAL avi to NTSC svcd conversion, go have supper and return an hour later to surf the web or check email for a few minutes and have the computer respond as if the conversion wasn't even running - then carry on when I go watch the tube for awhile.

[ChrissyBoy]

Well it is supposed to do what you want. But after retesting this it seems that sometimes it "can't" set the priority. I shall investigate this.

When it works it does exactly as you want: I for example can continue coding, surfing etc, no problem...

I have to say that i agree with you. I will loose the user setting altogeter and just have it yielding by default. (once i get it working 100% of the time!)

[lleader]

Just had my first try at RC5. As luck would have it, the two movies I was working with were PAL and I wanted to convert them to NTSC. The priority feature worked exactly as I had hoped - the CPU meter showed a constant 100 percent usage, but as I did other things on the computer they responded as if S2D was not running. I'm a happy camper! Thanks!
-=( Lon )=-

[ChrissyBoy]

Nice one.