Tmpgenc analyzing problem

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im working off of a special template i found on this site......when i load up my vid and wav file and i get to the end of the setup process and press o.k. it never starts up immediately, it always tells me that its anlyzing, and the bar thats on top to see how much has been encoded isn't moving and the numbers to the left of it to show how much is being encoded isn't moving, but im still getting a time of 2.5 hours even when it says it analyzing, but then when i stop the encoding process...it asks me if i wanna abort encoding..wtf...can anyone help me..remember im using a special template found on this site

[ZippyP.]

It sounds like the template uses 2-pass VBR. In this mode, the encoder analyzes the movie in the first pass to determine the best way to allocate bitrate, and the second pass actually encodes the movie. The progress bar should move along and the "analyzing" should disappear at 50%.
8)

btw 2-pass takes twice as long as CBR

[SIRCOOKS]

thanks man, great advice, i just wanted to know if i was doing something wrong, cause your totally right, i am using 2-pass vbr..thanks