DVD-Lab Pro Slooooowwwww compile

[Diablo0825]

I recently upgraded to the pro version because the basic was giving me some sync issues. The pro works perfectly except it take 2 hours to compile!! I have an AMD processor at 1.66 with 512 mb of ram. My hard drive has 30 gb of space. I am pulling my hair out

[Juise]

On my Athlon 3200+ 1gig of ram and compililing from 3 seperate HD's (1 for source material, 1 for temp, and 1 for the output) it takes about 25 minutes to compile a full DVD-5.

What exactly DVD-Lab is doing that it takes so long I have no idea. But with the slower CPU and only 1 HD I could see this process taking a much longer time.

[Diablo0825]

DVD-Lab takes 12 minutes to compile. The same movie takes 2 hours in the pro version. I have to hard drives. The one I compile on is seperate from system.

[guns1inger]

Compiling to the same disk as your source is going to slow you down a lot, as the HDD heads are whipping back and forth reading and writing. I would compile to directory (folder) on your system drive, if you have space. This will speed things up substantially.

DVD Lab Pro has a new engine, so this could explain some of the difference, but 2 hours seems way too long regardless. I have slightly more ram that you, and alsways compile to a seperate disk to my source, but my CPU is similar (Athlon 1800+) and I take less than 20 minutes to compile a full, multi-title disk.

What stages seem to take the longest ?

[Diablo0825]

The muxing takes forever. So should I compile to my system disk or movie source disk?

[guns1inger]

First question - do you have two disks, or one disk with two partitions ? If it is the latter, then this conversation is pointless. Partitions on the same disk give no performance advantage. Get a second disk.

If they are two physically seperate devices, the compile to your system disk. It won't fix all your problems, but should show some benefit.

[Red96TA]

I've muxed using both my laptop (512mb) and my desktop (1.25gb) and have noticed that my desktop muxes audio MUCH quicker than the laptop. methinks that muxing is a ram issue rather than a processor issue...my laptop runs 600mhz faster than my desktop and ON PAPER is faster, but the hdd speed and ram size impacts the mux speeds considerably.

[Diablo0825]

I keep trying different things, but I and up quitting the program a quarter of the way through because a half-hour came and went. Is there some settings I should be altering from the original. I am at loss. I'll try up-grading my memory because I really like the program.