Why Does Premiere Encode so slow?

[Banko]

Why does it encode at .07 - .10 frames per second when I use VirtualDub to edit the same mpg file yet taht goes at 50 FPS?

Help would be nice! i know I have a powerful enough system.

[vcdfreak]

Adobe Premiere runs faster on dual processor system. Yes, Premiere is slow when it comes to encoding. Even with Athlon 1800+. Premiere performs better on AVI/DV files. Ulead software works more intelligently with MPEG files but produces poor MPEG quality.

[Banko]

so basically your saying is that I should capture with avi instead of MPEG? Because all I want to do is add Titles and maybe some effects, and an mp3 as the background music for the Titles duration.

[vcdfreak]

How about Ulead Video Studio 6.0? Sure it's much faster than Premiere when it comes to MPEG editing.

[fyreboltx2]

Im not too sure but when Primiere encodes video... it checks if the videos been edited, frame by frame since it has the ability to edit a single frame. So it really checks the frame, then encodes it.

[AceYu]

Basically Abode is aimed at a semi/proffsional level, if you are using somthing like a DV500+ (about $1500 AUS) card with a bundled version it uses hardware accleration, many effects are realtime. Quality is also more important in professional productions, so some of the algorthims used are slower but better. I've found that using the "native" format for what every your card is usually best and transcode it at the end. Mind you for Mpg stuff the default codex have real problems some times, won't load some Mpg file and doesn't like transcoding others. Could jsut be my set up.

Later BRETT

[EricB]

I agree with AceYu. Premiere is great with native formats like DV, but for mpg encoding or re-encoding I would suggest Ulead. Lot easier and more tolerant of different specs.

One feature of Ulead that Premiere could really use, is the ability to use an existing file as a template. Just click on the file you are going to work on, and Ulead will do it's best to set frame size, compression, etc the same as the source.

[Banko]

Well I tried VideoStudio 6 and that program keeps on freezing for me!