Fast Computer Extremly long time Encoding

[doz]

I have a Quad Core 2.4 Intel Pentium Processor, Asus P5KC Motherboard, 4 gigs Kingston pc6400 800mhz ram, ATI Radeon x2600pro 512mb, I am using Premiere Pro 2.0 for editing, The problem I am running into is when I export to DVD. I was working a project 30minutes in lengh and when I export to dvd the encoding takes about 15 hours... I would like to know if this is normal???? it is a large project but Im not sure it should take this long. Can anyone offer suggestions on what I can do to speed up the process.....

Thank You...
Doz

[dadrab]

So, if I understand you correctly, you've got a 30 minute video that's taking 15 hours to encode? You probably also need to tell what format your original video is in.

In my opinion, something's wrong somewhere. I routinely reencode 45 minute AVI (DIVX) clips to full resolution DVD spec with a two-pass encode in one hour and 20 minutes on much less computer than you've got.

Are you using an encoder in Premier Pro?

[aedipuss]

what format is the original video and what are you doing other than encoding to mpeg-2?

a normal 30 minute dvavi to mpeg-2 encode on a cpu like yours should take about 5-6 minutes. i have the same cpu.

[doz]

thanks for the replies! Yes I am using a Premiere Pro encoder. I am asuming.. I have not insalled any plugins or programs and I am going straight from premiere to DVD... The original video is in dv widscreen format... straight from the timeline to dvd???????

[aedipuss]

something's not right. try just encoding to dvd mpeg-2 and see how long that takes.

[aedipuss]

oh, yeah... welcome to the forums too