TPNGEnc taking more than 4 days!!!!, Please Help...

[krideep]

I have a P3 450mhz computer. I use SMARTRIPPER to rip the dvd and DVD2AVI convert that to d2v format. Then I use TPNGEnc to convert to mpeg to burn as xvcd. I increase the bitrate to get some highquality video and use hieghest quality to convert. But the convertion takes more than 4 days for a 2 hour movie. What can be the problem. Is it because of my computer is very slow or am I missing something?

[krideep]

I am sorry I meant TMPGEnc.

[Greg12]

It's ur CPU no doubt.

[poopyhead]

set motion search quality to high quality (slow), not highest quality (slowest). you will save a lot of time and not lose a lot of quality

are u using 2 pass vbr??? that doubles the encode time over cq vbr.

are u using any filters???

[richie_r1ch]

There has to be something else slowing you down. Cause just a month ago I was using a pentium mmx 233mhz and would take about 30 hours to encode the average movie. And if your pc has been on that long, you might need to restart cause it will keep getting slow. At least thats what I had to do.

what I did was stop the encoding process and record the frame it's currently on and rename the file that it outputted so I dont accidently over write it. then I restart the pc and when you open TMPGENC go to source range and enter the last frame it encoded +1, keep doing this everytime you want to restart. And when your all done just go to MPEG TOOLS and select the tab to join all the files you made to get your complete movie in one file. I also reccommend that you encode the audio seperately if you do this cause I would get smooth video but I would get bleeps where the files were joined. The audio alone would take me about 4 hours so I could let that encode in one try. Then I would go to Multiplex and add the joined video and the audio to complete the movie.

hope this helps cause your pc is much faster than what mine was, and 4 days is just too long. Also defrag your drive, It will make a difference.

[tearex]

First, make sure there are no "junk" background processes running in the system. E.g. if there is any symbol in the System tray (lower right corner of screen) whose purpose you don't know, try to find out which program it belongs to and uninstall or disable it. Also try CTRL-ALT-DEL and look for processes whose purpose you don't know and try to get rid of them. Also run a current antivirus program and maybe AdAware to look for viri and Adware/Spyware you don't need.

Maybe you want to try using AVIsynth2 and its MPEGDecoder.dll plugin instead of DVD2AVI. AVIsynth is very fast, especially if you do the picture resizing with it instead of with TMPGenc.

Still about 20-26 hours should be considered a normal time even for a one-pass CBR encode in highest quality. You might want to try the CCE encoder instead of TMPGenc, but be warned it's not free and it's quality is.. well... some like it and some don't. However it's faster than TMPGenc.

[katchupoy]

Also, try using Tmpgenc right after smartripper. Without using DVD2AVI. Try to open VOB files from Tmpgenc. That will save you a lot of hours.

BTW, I haven't tried DVD2AVI. How long does it take to convert or frameserve a whole movie from Smartripper? I mean, don't count the Tmpgenc process yet.

[davemcg37]

katchupoy, dvd2avi takes me around 10 mins to generate the d2v and ac3 files i use to frameserve alongside my vobs to TMPGenc

[katchupoy]

Seems good. I will try that approach also... Maybe that will cut some time to encode from Tmpgenc.

My Setup... Amd800Duron with 256MBRAM.

4GB Movie

Smartripper = 30 to 45 minutes
Tmpgenc = 10 to 12 hours - VCD Tibro Template - Normal motion search.

I know, its slow... maybe its my system... he he he

[tunedwolf]

Howdy

DVD2AVI took around 9 mins to create the .dv2 file and also create the decoded to wav for track 1....the DVD was ripped to disk using Smartripper 2.41 on movie mode, and was for a movie lasting 2hrs 24mins. I used the resulting files for tmpgenc, ver 2.57, to create a two disk VCD at a cbr1150 and size = 352,288. It took around 1hr 50mins for each half of the movie. I am using an 1600xp processor. Just scaling it down in my head...it shouldn't take your machine anything like 4 days.
Look for tasks running in the background that are stealing processor time, and always start your conversion from a clean boot, it's also a good idea to pop up the task manager, and shut down everything you don't need running.

regards

[Will Hay]

It's ur CPU no doubt.

Don't talk rubbish.
Prior to upgrading my processer my K6-2 450 was taking 12 hours.

[krideep]

Thanks for all of yr replies.

I was using Smartripper 2.39, DVD2AVI 1.77.3 and TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 version 2.58.44.152

Usually Smartripper and DVD2AVI doesn't take more than 20 minutes.

I am using Sony Progressivescan dvd player and 51" sony wide screen TV. The vcds I created with standareds (ie with a bitrate 1150) gives me a lot of blocks while play back on my DVD player. So I use to increase the bitrate say 1850. I don't know this is what creates the problem. Is there any other software or way that I can create a good quality video?

[rattanon]

oops, you've got 51" sony wide screen and progressive scan

why don't you buy new one pc

8)

[banjazzer]

You can dramatically reduce the time of encoding without sacrificing quality by using TMPG's CQ mode at quality setting 75-85. The downside is that you cannot predict final filesize, so you have to do 2 or 3 sample encodes and extrapolate. Even with the tests it will take less than half the time of 2-pass VBR.

You can also save time by extracting the AC3 audio and converting directly to .mp2 with HeadAC3he. This can then be multiplexed with the encoded video.

[Cecilio_87]

[quote="krideep"]Thanks for all of yr replies.

I was using Smartripper 2.39, DVD2AVI 1.77.3 and TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 version 2.58.44.152

quote] Hey if your taking that long in tmpeg man i am gonna have to show you how to rip and everything. programs you need DVDx 2.0 and tmpegenc i use 2.57. ok this is what you do open up dvdx and open the dvd root. and select the longest one thats the movie . now on input settings it says detect prog 24 HTZ and force 24 HTZ this is IMPORTANT. because not all movies will rip properly like for example if i rip xXx and force 24 HTZ and Detect prog 24 HTZ is checked and the movie works properly "what i mean by properly is that the audio isnt messed up" Ok and now i rip Training Day with those 2 options checked and the audio is messed up uncheck force 24 HTZ and try it like that. you dont have to rip the whole movie to check. a way to check is to press play and it will tell show if the audio works properly dont worry about the video looking crappy on the preview it wont look like that ok just dont worry abou that.
Next go to output settings and select avi and the resolution set it to 480*480. then like in the middle of the screen is a button that says whole movie click there to rip the whole movie in one part only. if you wanna split it in parts you can select certain chatpers to rip only or you can put dont exceed 700 mb. Ok now the movie is ripped in high divx quality now open up tmpeg and open the avi files which are in the all programs folder under dvdx. Once you open the avi file if the movie is widescreen you can make it a full screen in tmpeg or you just leave it as is. now you can convert that divx file into vcd svcd xvcd xsvcd dvd and a whole other video formats. but if you want it in avi ok to get higher quality in vcd on the bottom it says load and go to the extras folder and load VCD (NTSC) this will make the audio a little bit cheaper but not noticably and the video a little better. Ok i do this and i get high quality mpeg 1 files. the total time i take with the whole dvdx and tmpeg is about 5 hours for a 2 hour movie. it takes like 3 hours to convert from dvd to divx "but in order for the divx film to be in high quality the resolution must be set to 480*480" ok and the Tmpegenc process only takes about 2 hours compare that to 20 hours or 40.