speed of tmpge

[adamthepostie]

i have a 500MHz AMD with 128Mb RAM, it takes 3 hours to convert a 352 x 288 , 30 min video clip to VCD (PAL) format. If i double the RAM to 256Mb will it be quicker or does it rely more on the speed of the procesor? can anyone help....thanks

[chewyshaun@hotmail.com]

In my experience it is direcctly linked to the speed of the processor (time for an upgrade I feel)

[proton]

The speed of TMPGENC improves a lot with faster processors, my computer had a HUGE speed improvement when I went from 800mhz AMD to an XP2000 ! (8-10 hrs down to 3-4 hours now)
Also your settings in TMPGENC can influence encoding speed, a standard VCD setting will encode faster than a SVCD setting and ofcourse 2VBR is slower than CBR.

[banjazzer]

You can sometimes improve speed by playing around with the CPU settings in the Environmental settings. However, you may still find encoding a typical movie to SVCD with 2-pass VBR will take days.

One more reason why some people prefer CCE. 8)
Or TMPG CQ mode.

[Kronicx]

I alos upgraded to the xp2000 and went from 6 hrs to 2 with full movies,Spend some cash get a new cpu And have fun

[energy80s]

I used to have an AMD K6-2 500 and once I upgraded it to a 1600XP processor I got a seven times increase in encoding speed. A 22 minute SVCD encode that did take 7 hours now only takes 1 hour.

[SCJFan666]

I dissagree with you all about processor speed being the main factor, i only have a 700Mhz celeron with 196Mb RAM and it only takes me 2 hours to encode an 480x480@29.97fps MPEG 2 Film.

I Must also add that although the processor does have a lot to do with it, it is not entirely the processor it also depends on your motherboard, amount and speed of RAM.

Cheers
SJCFAN666

[banjazzer]

i only have a 700Mhz celeron with 196Mb RAM and it only takes me 2 hours to encode an 480x480@29.97fps MPEG 2 Film.

Not with 2-pass VBR, I'll bet.

[Tiggzz]

Just for comparison, same 1hr mpeg2 dvd file, down to 3000kbs bitrate

P4 Celeron 1700 512mb ddr - 2.5hrs
P4 2.4 (533) 512mb ddr - 1.5hrs

So big difference on just a 1 hour re-encode, LOTR would be looking more like 4.5 hrs or 7.5 hrs!!! But at current price, P4 2.4 costs over £100 more!!

Tigz

[SCJFan666]

Yes that is with 2-pass VBR, You bet and you lost.

[banjazzer]

And I'll bet you have a portrait of yourself in the attic.

[SCJFan666]

Oh yes i have 3, and i polish the solid gold frames every day!!!