video converting AVI/DivX To DVD There's Got To Be A Quicker Way!

[Lennoxtown]

Hi.

I got some video files in AVI/DivX, and i'm converting them to dvd, the converting
process is so bloody slow and so mind-numbingly boring! i was wondering if there
is a quicker way?, is there a faster programme to use?

I've ben using

Nero 7

vsoConvertXtoDVD

vsoDivxToDVD

Grateful for any help

[steveryan]

You are probably using the fastest software, you need faster hardware or more patience

[guns1inger]

I guess slow is a relative term. ConvertXtoDVD will encode a 90 minute movie on my system in under an hour. The same movie, encoded with a 3 + 1 pass VBR encode in CCE will take 4 hours, give or take. It's all relative.

If you are bored converting, stop buying conversion programs and spend the money on a Divx/Xvid capable player. Burn your avi files as-is to a data disc and play them without converting.

[redwudz]

How slow for a 700MB Xvid to a DVD?

Two items on your computer details: 256MB RAM and a single 80GB hard drive. I would up the RAM to at least 512MB, or 1GB would be my preference. 256MB is minimal for XP. A second hard drive will give you better throughput.

Now neither of these may make it a lot faster, but both can be bottlenecks to performance.

You list a 2800Mhz CPU. Unfortunately the biggest boost in speed would be a faster CPU. But even with that CPU, your conversion times should not be much more than 2 hours using ConvertXToDVD with a 700MB Xvid.

It takes me a little more than one hour to encode and burn a 105 minute, 700MB Xvid with ConvertX to a finished DVD on a AMD dual core 3800+ CPU, but I have other programs running in the background that are slowing it down somewhat and that also includes a PAL>NTSC conversion. This was at High Quality/Slow encoding.

Higher quality settings will take more time. Most Xvids won't look much better when converted at higher settings. Looking at the speed indicators at the bottom of the ConvertX screen, it shows about 45fps or (1.80x) at the halfway point.

[mats.hogberg]

stop buying conversion programs and spend the money on a Divx/Xvid capable player.

Amen!

/Mats

[andre477]

how much do one of those dvd players run for?

[mats.hogberg]

$30-40 I'd guess... When it comes to bang for bucks for conversion time gain - unbeatable!
http://www.dealtime.com/xGS-philips_dvp_642

/Mats

[redwudz]

Not necessarily recommended, but the PHILIPS DVP642 goes for about $60US and it plays Divx.

[andre477]

wow that's cheap. I thought they ran in the 100's range. I might get one now.

[FulciLives]

The Philips DVP-642 is an older model and to be avoided. Philips makes two new models that are far better ... the DVP-5140 and the DVP-5960.

The DVP-5140 can be bought at WALMART for $49 and change. The DVP-5960 is sold at a variety of other stores including CIRCUIT CITY and goes for a bit more ... probably more like $80 or $90.

Both are pretty much the same except the DVP-5960 features HDMI output with upconversion to 720p or 1080i but since just about any decent HDTV does it's own internal scaling you really only need the DVP-5140.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman