Transcoding videos too slow... (DVD)

[OHKRLL]

Hi, I was wondering if theres anything that would make Transcoding go alot faster... the transcoding for my videos to make a DVD takes like 4 hours... I use nero. Is there anyway to make it faster? Its really annoying and it takes up a like 99% of the computers resources to make it. ANY help, program suggestions, suggestions, etc. will be appreciated. Thanks!

[redwudz]

Use DVDShrink. Get a faster computer. Takes me about 15 minutes, 40 to 50 with deep analysis. That's with a relatively slow 2.4Ghz AMD Sempron.

Encoding, Transcoding, both benefit from CPU speed.

[steve2713]

OHKRLL, PLEASE put your computer specs in your user profile so we know what you're working with, it will make it easier for us to help answer your questions.

On my system (XP Pro, P4 2.8 Hyperthreading) Recode typically takes 25-45 minutes to transcode your average disc, including having the 'deep analysis' type setting enabled. 4 hours is a LONG time for recode (are you refering to Recode, or?). Recode does take up 99% of my resources even on my system, it sucks - multitasking comes to a snails pace during the transcoding .

Give DVD Shrink a try as redwudz suggested, see how long it takes with that program.

[HAMP]

It takes me anywhere from 19-21 to Transcode and burn, I am using a P4 2.4 oc'ed to 3.0 and Plextor 712A

lol, almost forgot

CloneDVD and AnyDVD

I never touch the computer during the entire process

[Tidy]

Use DVDShrink. Get a faster computer. Takes me about 15 minutes, 40 to 50 with deep analysis. That's with a relatively slow 2.4Ghz AMD Sempron.

Encoding, Transcoding, both benefit from CPU speed.

AMD doesn't make a 2.4Ghz sempron they make a 2400+ which I believe is only is 2.0 Ghz.

[Tidy]

I am transcoding on an Athlon XP 3200+ 400FSB 1gig Dual Channel PC3200 CL2.5 on a RAID 0+1 and I get on average about 5 to 8 minute transcodes using clone DVD and they look great depending on what percentage they have to be trasncoded.

[redwudz]

Tidy, sorry. You are correct. I am using a Sempron 2.2+ OCed to 1.9GHZ in that machine. Should have proofread and typed a little slower.

[Peter_OZ]

looks as though I have a similar probs, takes about 4 hrs to read & copy a DVD and about 1 hour to burn @ 4x.

The box is actually a Dell Latitude notebook, P4 2.0Ghz, 512MB RAM. Dunno about all the other nonsense . . .

Ok burner is an external USB LG 4161 and I think I need a patched firmware set to overcome the quiet mode lock @ 2x read/copy.

s/w is dvd43free for decrypt and 1clickdvdcopy & dvd wizardpro

Any clever ideas peeps?

cheers
Peter

[redwudz]

Peter_OZ, yes it looks like your main problem is your read/write speed. 16X read from a DVD ROM player is usually a minute or two and write at 4X should be about 16 minutes.

Your write speed is odd. The burner should still work at 4X, even over USB.

Your laptop should be capable of fair speeds in just backing up a DVD. Definitely some problems somewhere.

I prefer Firewire for external drives, just works better than USB, but work with what you have. You can try the firmware modification, but realize there is some risk with your warranty and your drive if you screw up. It's at your own risk.

Have you tried Shrink? Been working great for me for a couple of years and a lot of backups.

[Peter_OZ]

redwudz,

I was expecting this thing to read at 16x but it bleedin well won't!

Agree on firewire, much better interface then USB though it is all this burner has on it so have to live with it for the moment.

It will burn at 4x - some of the disks I've been burning to were only 2x but the current batch are all 4x - still taking well over an hour though.

It could be just the way 1cllickdvdcopy works. IT does give a very high quality of reproduction on both video and audio so if slowness is the tradeoff for speed then I'll live with it.
Oh the other thing this sw does is to compress it so it will fit on a single 4.3GB DVD R disk.

Could be this compression that is slowing the burn down but still does not account for the read/copy.

cheers
Peter

[redwudz]

It was just a few years ago when I used DVD2SVCD. I let it do the encoding overnight to produce two CD image files, that I would burn the next day. About a 16 hour encode. I got it down to 6 hours with a AMD 2500+ processor. Still it was overnight, not really a problem.

Now I'm using a AMD 64 3200+ and the same file to DVD takes less than an hour, with better quality. It depends on what you want to deal with. I use 4X media, I'm not in that big a hurry.

If your system does what you want, I wouldn't worry too much. Unless you need to use your computer while encoding, your system will work. If you do the transcoding at night, not a problem.

I think you can improve your read speed, that would be easy enough if the firmware upgrade is available.

[CrisCr0ss]

i have a p3 1ghz 512 ram comp and when converting and burning also takes 4 hours at 4X speed..

is something wrong?

[HAMP]

@ Peter_OZ

if it is taking over 1hour to burn, then you are burning @ 1X and not 4X..

You have to check some settings

[Peter_OZ]

hamp,
ok what settings do I check?


cheers
Peter

[ybeard]

If you think your computer is fast enough to be transcoding faster than it is or burning taking far longer than you think it should, you might want to make sure your IDE controller is set for DMA mode instead of PIO. If it gets set to PIO, it will literally crawl.

[OHKRLL]

The problem is, is that these are movie files... some of them are .AVI ,some of them MPEG, MPG, etc. They are basically ripped. I no longer have the copies of the Original DVD (The Godfather, Harold and kumar, etc) . I can make a DVD-R, but the problem is that it takes FOREVER for the transcoding. 4 hours is a long time. Again, I use nero to add these video files to burn it to a DVD-R. Is there any program that can do it faster? Here are my computer info:

Antlon XP 2400+
2.00 ghz
608 MB of Ram

Thanks for all the help

[Tidy]

Tidy, sorry. You are correct. I am using a Sempron 2.2+ OCed to 1.9GHZ in that machine. Should have proofread and typed a little slower.

No apology necessary my friend just wanted to make sure the original poster did not get confused.

[Ward River]

On an AMD XP3200+ machine:
35-40 minutes avg time to rip DVD ISO image to HD with DVDDecrypter
15-20 mins avg deep analysis time
1 hour avg encode time
15 mins avg burn time

Total time of 2.25 hours average to backup a standard DVD-9 to a single layer DVD-R using DVDDecrypter & DVD Shrink .

[ZippyP.]

They are basically ripped. I no longer have the copies of the Original DVD

Such discussion will get you in trouble......if you don't own it then it's illegal to possess it, and more importantly it's against the rules to discuss it.

[junkmalle]

They are basically ripped. I no longer have the copies of the Original DVD

Such discussion will get you in trouble......if you don't own it then it's illegal to possess it, and more importantly it's against the rules to discuss it.

Suppose he purchased the DVDs, backed them up, and the originals were destroyed in a fire. Is it still illegal to possess the backups? If so, then what's the point of having backups?

[Tidy]

They are basically ripped. I no longer have the copies of the Original DVD

Such discussion will get you in trouble......if you don't own it then it's illegal to possess it, and more importantly it's against the rules to discuss it.

He never said why he doesnt have the disks. I do not see how he is breaking the rules. Ifr he had said he borrowed them and gave them back then I see a problem.

[markc32]

Every single one of you has missed the point in what he is trying to say!!!

He has mentioned it takes 4 hours to transcode with nero recode or whatever. his however is strictly from avi files!!!

I'm lucky - I have an athlon 64 3000 overclocked to a 3150 and it takes no more than 2 hrs depending on settings o transcode to dvd.

The best method here is to use dvd2svcd via cce but no quicker (best quality though).

In your case - try winavi videoconverter.

I do not like it - but it is the fastest way if you can get it to work whereas ner always works.

[ZippyP.]

He never said why he doesnt have the disks. I do not see how he is breaking the rules.

Lost them, burned in a fire, given away, sold, lent, stolen...whatever. If you don't possess the originals and have copies then you are treading in dangerous territory. Just a warning, take it or leave it. Why mention the origin of the files anyway?