Take too long to burn DVD

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Anita
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Take too long to burn DVD

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It takes about 5 hours to burn one DVD with my MM 5.6. This software came with my HG10 camera and when I make a movie it takes so long to burn to DVD. Is This normal?
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On a system like this, please click on the thumb nail below for a larger image, it could be considered lightning fast. How did you do it? 8)
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You might not be aware of it but the system you are using has a large bearing on how quickly or slowly a video is rendered. How do you expect anyone to give you any meaningful advice if you omit all the vital details.

Have a read of this and come back with the necessary detail, I'm sure help will be forthcoming too..
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too long to burn DVD

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Thank you so much for reply. I updated my profile. I still not sure how to find a motherboard, but I will continue to work on it. Could you advice me now to burn movie DVD's faster. Thank you again!
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Post by sjj1805 »

If your video is in any format other than (DVD compliant) MPEG2 then it will have to be converted before the program can create the DVD.

Typically a 1 hour video in DV will take between 90 minutes and 3 hours to convert.
If you are using one of the highly compressed formats such as MPEG4
DivX or Xvid then it can take a lot longer, I have known one take 11 hours. for those formats it is better to convert them to MPEG2 format beforehand using a program specially made to do so. There are plenty available by searching Google.
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Thank you very much for the responce.

Yes, the files I am using are in mpeg2 format. Did I understand it right that the conversion to DVD format still wiil take several hours? Any other format that I could use to burn it faster? Thanks again.
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Post by DVDDoug »

Yes, the files I am using are in mpeg2 format. Did I understand it right that the conversion to DVD format still will take several hours?
Just to clarify... I think your MPEG-2 files may be hi-def, which is not DVD compliant, and they must be re-coded. I believe this does take longer than transcoding from AVI/DV or than re-encoding standard-definition MPEG-2. Standard DVDs are 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL) and they have a lower bitrate than the files from your hi-def camera.

If it's DVD-compatible MPEG-2, then you can check the box that says Do Not Convert Compliant MPEGs, and it won't need any conversion.
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Post by Anita »

thank you for reply. I do have hi def camera. I did not realize it would take so long for conversion... If any other suggestion how to speed it up, I will appreciate it.
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