time to burn

[jcharleb]

Does somebody is able to tell me what is the real estimated time for burning a 10 slideshow projects with 3.8 gig of data . on a p4 2.8Mhz

it tooks me more than 3 hours to create my dvd with pictureshow 3

is that normal ..

[peterg38]

Also very interested - I am up to 10 hours waiting for a 2.7Gb slideshow to build, and it is still only showing 29% complete.

I have a 2.5GHz AMD with 1Gb main memory!

I now understand why they restrict the size of show so severely on the trial version - no one would buy it otherwise!

[Spud]

I can't comment on the video sizes you ask about but I do know it takes quite a while to create. I have a 600MB project that takes a good hour to burn to DVD (I'm running a P4 2.4GHz with 1GB ram). I've noticed that's it's a lot faster if you just create the DVD video folder and don't burn the DVD right away. That way you can use any recording software to write the actual file to DVD.

[Spud]

Bottom line is creating these shows appears to be HUGELY processor intensive. My CPU is pegged at 100% during the entire process.

[heyday]

Same here. I have an AMD 1.2 GHz and 1.5 Gig of RAM. It is has been 13 hours now and my 2.8 Gig project is now 44% done.

I'll try the next one on my laptop with an Intel processor and see if it makes any difference.

I sure like the outpout butu this is taking WAYYYYY too long..

heyday

[htchien]

Please check if:

1. Your mainboard driver like IDE driver is installed properly. If you are using VIA-powered mainboard, go to VIA Arena to download and install the latest VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver. If you are using Intel-based mainboard, you can go to Intel to download the latest Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility and the Intel Application Accelerator. If you are using nVidia-based mainboard, you can go to nVidia to download the latest nVidia nForce driver.

2. Make sure the DMA setting of the hard disk is been turned on. If your mainboard driver is been installed properly, then it should be turned on automatically. If you did not install the mainboard driver and you are using Windows 98/ME/2000, then the DMA setting will be off by default. Windows XP will set the setting on by default if your driver is installed properly.

IMHO, these reasons might be your case.

Hope this helps.

H.T.

[angrakiller]

The more effects you apply(including Motion Picture,Transition effect, Pan & Zoom), DPS will need to render all the effects picture by picture...This will increase the render time obviously.

[jackpohare]

The more effects you apply(including Motion Picture,Transition effect, Pan & Zoom), DPS will need to render all the effects picture by picture...This will increase the render time obviously.

Judging by the posts people know rendering takes a long time. I may be guessing but I suspect that like me they would like to know what times are typcial - i.e. are the times we are seeing "to be expected".

e,g, DVD with X shows each with Y images with a transitions should take roughly Z on abc spec PC - at least then we would know whether we should be looking to tune up by ensuring we have the right drivers, don;'t have dma/hd problems etc... or we would know "well that's to be expected"