Avi, Xvid etc to DVD
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Im after some software at the moment for converting them.
But it pains me waiting 3 Hours for it to convert and burn and was wondering if there is any software out there that is pretty fast at converting it and maybe burnming it? I currently use ConvertXtodvd, and have also tried Winavi, and also have Nero premium.
any ideas whould be great!
But it pains me waiting 3 Hours for it to convert and burn and was wondering if there is any software out there that is pretty fast at converting it and maybe burnming it? I currently use ConvertXtodvd, and have also tried Winavi, and also have Nero premium.
any ideas whould be great!
Check this out lots of different ways to convert using different software.
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 28th October 16:42
FourWheelDrift said:
Check this out lots of different ways to convert using different software.
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 28th October 16:42
Pay massive amounts of money, i am willing to spend alot of money if it gets the job done quicker. what do you suggest?
By massive amounts of money I mean paying £1,380 for Cinema Craft Encoder SP2. But then it's the hardware you are running it on that makes a big difference, you need lots or RAM, CPU power and lots of HDD space.
If you are only looking to buy the normal (£50-200) products like ULead DVD Moviefactory or Adobe Encore or even use one of the many free AVI-DVD encoders (if they work properly) you aren't going to see your 3hr encoding suddenly only take 10 mins. You'll be lucky if it only takes 2hrs. If you are going to do it, run it overnight and hope that it takes as long as it needs, so you are unlikely to encounter any encoding errors.
If you are only looking to buy the normal (£50-200) products like ULead DVD Moviefactory or Adobe Encore or even use one of the many free AVI-DVD encoders (if they work properly) you aren't going to see your 3hr encoding suddenly only take 10 mins. You'll be lucky if it only takes 2hrs. If you are going to do it, run it overnight and hope that it takes as long as it needs, so you are unlikely to encounter any encoding errors.
peter hh said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Check this out lots of different ways to convert using different software.
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
www.videohelp.com/guides
Choose the format conversion you want (eg. AVI to DVD) and click search, some might be quicker than others but you won't get a massive change in speed unless you pay massive money,
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 28th October 16:42
Pay massive amounts of money, i am willing to spend alot of money if it gets the job done quicker. what do you suggest?
The more processing power you can throw at the problem, the quicker it will go away. More memory as a secondary concern is also good.
Look at the computer you are using and then look at the software you are using. Does the computer have multiple processor? Can the software make use of this functionality? How much memory have you got fitted? How much memory can the system take? What is the maximum speed processor you can possibly fit to that motherboard?
You see where this is going.... MORE POWER! *grunt*
And if your already at the stage of a render farm you'll need to speak to your vendor about upgrading the elements
This should give you an idea of how encoding time varies with CPU power:
www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=462&chart=177
As you can see, even the slowest core 2 duo's tested are getting on for twice as fast at this particular task than the likes of a standard P4 3.0
Generally speaking the encoders that take the least time may also produce the worst quality too, just something to think about.
www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=462&chart=177
As you can see, even the slowest core 2 duo's tested are getting on for twice as fast at this particular task than the likes of a standard P4 3.0
Generally speaking the encoders that take the least time may also produce the worst quality too, just something to think about.
The single biggest improvement I got from upgrading to a dual core processor was that it literally halved my video encoding time.
In most cases having two of something doesn't translate anywhere near to double the speed or power in a real-world sense (take for 2GB of RAM vs 1GB, or two video cards in SLI/Crossfire versus just one), but dual-core processors do just that.
And I'm afraid there is no quick and easy solution to video encoding from one format to another, like from XviD to DVD (MPEG4 to MPEG2) - it's all about brute processing power, and the more you have, the faster it goes. I have found that it is near-enough quicker to download the DVD of a movie instead of downloading the AVI and then doing a conversion, and you usually end up with something of a higher quality.
There are however shortcuts to encoding from the same format, like for example SVCD to DVD, or shrinking a DVD9 to DVD5 size, but there are none for the sort of conversion you speak of.
In most cases having two of something doesn't translate anywhere near to double the speed or power in a real-world sense (take for 2GB of RAM vs 1GB, or two video cards in SLI/Crossfire versus just one), but dual-core processors do just that.
And I'm afraid there is no quick and easy solution to video encoding from one format to another, like from XviD to DVD (MPEG4 to MPEG2) - it's all about brute processing power, and the more you have, the faster it goes. I have found that it is near-enough quicker to download the DVD of a movie instead of downloading the AVI and then doing a conversion, and you usually end up with something of a higher quality.
There are however shortcuts to encoding from the same format, like for example SVCD to DVD, or shrinking a DVD9 to DVD5 size, but there are none for the sort of conversion you speak of.
I have a friend of mine who does a lot of media work, mainly photos admittedly but he does do the odd reencoding, his advice on this was to basically use a Mac instead, his encoding is drastically reduced when done on the Mac compared to a PC.
Unfortunately the PC isn't the best media producing product out there and you will either have to live with the 3+ hours to transcode a divxxvid to DVD or move onto a different platform.
I have tried a number of products out there (I have a Video iPod and Archos video player, wanting to make sure that the videos I put on them are right) and unfortunately speedmemory is a great thing for you but even that won't really speed it up to abnormal speeds.
Unfortunately the PC isn't the best media producing product out there and you will either have to live with the 3+ hours to transcode a divxxvid to DVD or move onto a different platform.
I have tried a number of products out there (I have a Video iPod and Archos video player, wanting to make sure that the videos I put on them are right) and unfortunately speedmemory is a great thing for you but even that won't really speed it up to abnormal speeds.
Nismo'D said:
I have a friend of mine who does a lot of media work, mainly photos admittedly but he does do the odd reencoding, his advice on this was to basically use a Mac instead, his encoding is drastically reduced when done on the Mac compared to a PC.
Very few things can stand an onslaught of Final Cut Pro being run by an expert. Apparently the new Xeon based Pro mac series absolutley fly.
Deadlock, true however more physical RAM will improve things if the software you are using can make use of it, often encoding programs don't make a land grab for RAM and stuff it full of stuff to work on... why this is I honestly don't know (limitation of Windows?) but more memory on a fast processor will help. Of course finding a 64bit OS that isn't utter crap and a native encoding app will also makes things go zoom
One final thing dawned on me.
I was hunting around for a way to cure Poser running out of RAM despite apparently having swap avaliable.
I found this little tip, but I never got around to using it (swaped to exporting to PoseRAY and letting POV on a linux machine take the strain).
It might prove useful as it leaves more memory avaliable to the system and by using a hex editor dooberie you tell the EXE to perform a land grab of it.
www.keindesign.de/stefan/poser/3gb.html
I was hunting around for a way to cure Poser running out of RAM despite apparently having swap avaliable.
I found this little tip, but I never got around to using it (swaped to exporting to PoseRAY and letting POV on a linux machine take the strain).
It might prove useful as it leaves more memory avaliable to the system and by using a hex editor dooberie you tell the EXE to perform a land grab of it.
www.keindesign.de/stefan/poser/3gb.html
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