time consuming

[rockin77]

just wondering if i am along the right time frame here...

whether i use panasonic/tmpge or nero to encode a video it takes hours...is there any faster way to encode or is this right...

just wondering thanks ron

[TheSeven7hSon]

Yes. it takes a long time. Try using CBR or CQ. VBR will double your time. Add a filter like noise reduction and it can then triple your total time!

I did a batch encoding test last night.
SVCD 480x480, 46min12sec TV show with:
Constant Quality=2240@100 (note: not 2215 w/CBR)
Noise Reduction=818,
Motion Search=very slow
and it took me 8hrs25. 801,921Kb

I then did the same video again
Constant Quality=2240@100,
Motion Search=slow
and it took me 2hrs38. 812,397Kb

They both look good, almost the same. For the time saved the second one looks Great.

FROM THE ENCODING:

Start: 5/6/2002 11:40:05 PM
End: 5/7/2002 12:45:19 PM
Dealing time: 13:05:13
-------------------------------------------------------------
E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread01.mpg
Format: MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CQ 100, Layer-2 44100Hz 128kbps
Video: E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread.avi
Audio: E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread.avi

Result: Succeeded
Dealing time: 08:24:30
-------------------------------------------------------------
E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread02.mpg
Format: MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CQ 100, Layer-2 44100Hz 128kbps
Video: E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread.avi
Audio: E:\The Shield\The Spread\The Spread.avi

Result: Succeeded
Dealing time: 02:37:30

Dell Precision 620
Dual 800 Xeon
512 Mb
Nvidia TNT2 Ultra

Seven

[You_Are_Alive]

The Shield is awesome! Wish I can see more of it though, probably worth getting cable just for that ! The Comish is a real bad-ass, in the good sense.