HD WMV converting to slow

[Illusionist]

I am on a AMD 4800 system. I use Dr.Divx to convert movies, the program is quite fast but max bitrate is 6000, and my movies are 7000-10,000 bitrate,.

Dr.Divx converts movies very fast in every format except HD WMV, it takes forever. So I tried my other video editing programs, EditStudio, Nero 8, etc... same thing. I have no idea why wmv takes a long time to convert to other formats, divx, mpeg-2 etc...

So I tried WMV to AVI, very fast, but max bitrate is 2500,.

Is it normal for wmv to convert at such a slow speed ?? Has anyone experienced this ?? The same exact movie MPEG-2 format, converts 70%-80% faster.

And why can't I set Dr.Divx max bitrate higher then 6000 ??

I am trying to convert all my movies to Divx for computer & stand alone DVD player.

Could someone recommend a program that will just convert at high bitrates/fast speeds ?? Such as wmv to avi ?

Thanks

[yoda313]

Virtualdub should. I am not sure which version supports wmv. the mod or mpeg2 should do the trick. Just be sure to get the newest release of the program for compatiblity.

[Illusionist]

Thanks. I use virtualdub for wmv content, but with HD WMV I get this error, Couldn't locate decompressor for format WMV3 (unknown),.

[Ai Haibara]

Use the newest versions of VirtualDub with the WMV plugin. I don't think fcchandler's modified VDMPEG as recently, and VDMod, certainly not.

Of course, there's also the AVISynth method.

[Illusionist]

Got the latest version, uploaded wmv plug in, now it say's missing codec ??

[poisondeathray]

enable all the wmv in the ffdshow vfw video configuration

[Illusionist]

Thanks for your help, but I Installed ffdshow, changed settings, still same thing. Missing codec.

[poisondeathray]

vdub 1.8.1?

wmv plugin installed in the plugins directory? (wmv.vdplugin)

[jman98]

Well, you don't say how long "forever" is. To some people, 4 hours is like an eternity. However, if your encodes are taking more than 8 hours then that is certainly a long time.

A lot of people just never consider that they can (shock! stun! disbelief!) leave their computers running overnight to encode. I use my PC a lot this way. If your encodes are taking 10 hours or less, just let them run overnight and don't worry about it.

The Divx codec has limitations. It simply may not support bitrates over 6000. I don't know for sure. You'd be best served to ask on the official Divx forum.

[poisondeathray]

Make sure it's the vfw interface, not the decoder. The icon is gold-brown colored, not red.

[Ai Haibara]

vdub 1.8.1?

wmv plugin installed in the plugins directory? (wmv.vdplugin)

Actually, that should be the 'plugins32' directory.

[Illusionist]

Make sure it's the vfw interface, not the decoder. The icon is gold-brown colored, not red.

Thanks, it works. I opened the wrong interface.

[Illusionist]

Well, you don't say how long "forever" is. To some people, 4 hours is like an eternity. However, if your encodes are taking more than 8 hours then that is certainly a long time.

A lot of people just never consider that they can (shock! stun! disbelief!) leave their computers running overnight to encode. I use my PC a lot this way. If your encodes are taking 10 hours or less, just let them run overnight and don't worry about it.

The Divx codec has limitations. It simply may not support bitrates over 6000. I don't know for sure. You'd be best served to ask on the official Divx forum.

I just have alot of mini movies 1-10 minutes long, I would like to convert all into Divx format. It's just tedious to do one at a time.

[Illusionist]

I am on a AMD 4800 system. I use Dr.Divx to convert movies, the program is quite fast but max bitrate is 6000, and my movies are 7000-10,000 bitrate,.

Made a mistake, movies are 2500-4000 bitrate. Don't know where I got the other numbers from. wmv to avi does not go above 2500,.

Thanks for all your help everyone.

[Midzuki]

Hi there.

If you are just converting from Hi-Def ASF to Hi-Def AVI,
and if your computer is not fast enough, then the conversion process
surely will always be slower than you'd like. I only know that Hi-Def VC-1 compression
really is slow-as-hell for the older Pentium-IV's.

P.S.:

If the subject is to deal with WMVs, then the original Microsoft WMV9
Video Compression Manager is the better choice.

[jawsont]

Make sure it's the vfw interface, not the decoder. The icon is gold-brown colored, not red.

Thanks, it works. I opened the wrong interface.

HUGE Help, that was my problem too. If I could rate this thread I would!!!