Speed Up Rendering Times

[snapware]

Is there anything I can buy or do to speed up rendering times on my machine?

Takes me about 2-3 hours to render a 30 minute show that i do weekly.

[ZippyP.]

Change your settings, try different software or get a faster CPU. Your choice.

[edDV]

It mostly comes down to buying a faster CPU.

There may be some minor tweaks if you provide more information about your video formats and encoder software.

[snapware]

Video formats are usually either .mpg files or .avi files, and i have a few effects and lower 3rds that are .mov files.

I would render out into the fastest format possible, generally for my weekly show i render as .avi dv ntsc, but when I make dvds i render as mpg2 (using the mainconcept vegas encoder) and that is not too quick either.

I have a AMD Ahtlon 64 3200 process, and 1 gig of ram

I also keep my videos on an external drive (usb 2) and then render the new video onto my c:

[edDV]

Define "Video formats are usually either .mpg files or .avi files"

Why aren't you shooting uncompressed SDI or DV format? Is your source videotape? What format?

[Soopafresh]

If you're encoding to Mpeg2 , CinemaCraft is faster than TMPGenc. The last free version of DivXtoDVD (which works with many source file formats is extremely fast. Unfortunately, fast rarely means great quality.

But as the others above have stated, the CPU is the key factor.

[snapware]

Define "Video formats are usually either .mpg files or .avi files"

Why aren't you shooting uncompressed SDI or DV format? Is your source videotape? What format?

I get my footage usually on DVD or on Mini-DV tapes.

If it comes on mini-dv i will capture and save the .avi file. If it's on DVD, i go through a huge hassle of ripping, and usually end up with a mpg or .avi file, or sometimes even the .vob file itself works

if you have a better suggestion, please let me know, thanks

[thecoalman]

Are you adding a lot of transitions, filters, affects etc.? For example if you're going from DV-AVI to a 8000kbps MPEG2 CBR without any affects or filters etc. the encode time with a machine like yours should be somewhat real time. That of course is just an estimate but it should be close.

[edDV]

If you are using Vegas with DV format project settings the render will be fairly fast from a DV-AVI source and relatively long from a low quality DVD MPeg2 or VOB. Effects and filters will add to rendering times.

Try to get all sources in DV-AVI. Editing will be much smoother and encoding will be faster.

[snapware]

what is a good dv-avi encoder?

Can i convert my DVD footage to DV-AVI?

[edDV]

what is a good dv-avi encoder?

Can i convert my DVD footage to DV-AVI?

Vegas does this as part of that long encode time. Are you shooting on a DVD camcorder? If so, junk it for a MiniDV model.

Converting MPeg2 or VOB to DV-AVI first will speed editing but probably add to overall process time. Better to avoid MPeg2 until you are ready to encode the DVD.

[ofbarea]

I would render out into the fastest format possible, generally for my weekly show i render as .avi dv ntsc, but when I make dvds i render as mpg2 (using the mainconcept vegas encoder) and that is not too quick either.

You could use a DVD recorder to do the "rendering". For example record the show in DVD-RAM or DVD+/-RW and author your final DVD on the PC. Just connect the DV cam to a DVD recorder using the firewire port. Jut be sure to get a DVD recorder with a firewire port. Pioneers are good machines for this task.

With this method you will record a 30 minutes show into a standard DVD (MPEG2 encoding) in 30 minutes, plus some extra minutes for closing the disk.

[JerryB]

Is there anything I can buy or do to speed up rendering times on my machine?

Takes me about 2-3 hours to render a 30 minute show that i do weekly.

hi,

you have gotten some very good replies... changing some setting or try different software... but something else you can try is disable programs that running in the background, including scanner and screen saver..... this will regainyou some ram but also it will increase your computer speed, hense your rending times!