AVI To MPG TMPGEnc Problem............

[AThemez]

I have been encoding episodes of a tv show from avi to mpg in order to burn them to VCD, needless to say with a 450 mhz computer that is no small task, the encoding time is usually 3 hours or so, but, when i try to encode these 2 certain episodes the encoding time says it will take 10 hours not 3, the video is the same legnth as others i have done in the same program (TMPGEnc) & about the same file size prior to encoding & the projected file size is also the same as every other video i've encoded, but the estimated time says 4 hours first but then goes up steadily untill it says 10 hours, i have also tried to do this same video on a friends computer which is 2.5 ghz & even on his computer it says 4 hours when they usually only take 45 minutes or so, what could the problem be?

[puertorican138]

I have been encoding episodes of a tv show from avi to mpg in order to burn them to VCD, needless to say with a 450 mhz computer that is no small task, the encoding time is usually 3 hours or so, but, when i try to encode these 2 certain episodes the encoding time says it will take 10 hours not 3, the video is the same legnth as others i have done in the same program (TMPGEnc) & about the same file size prior to encoding & the projected file size is also the same as every other video i've encoded, but the estimated time says 4 hours first but then goes up steadily untill it says 10 hours, i have also tried to do this same video on a friends computer which is 2.5 ghz & even on his computer it says 4 hours when they usually only take 45 minutes or so, what could the problem be?

Are you using filters as filters can GREATLY increase encoding time???

[vtoskov]

estimated time says 4 hours first but then goes up steadily untill it says 10 hours, i have also tried to do this same video on a friends computer which is 2.5 ghz & even on his computer it says 4 hours when they usually only take 45 minutes or so

There's probably some bad frames in the video that cause the problem. I would suggest you to scan the video for bad frames using Virtualdub and that save a new copy of the avi. This should solve tha problem.

[puertorican138]

If there are any bad frames, use this guide to take them out:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/142555.php

Hope That Helps!!! :P