6 hours to render?
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danlman
6 hours to render?
Hello I am currently using a trial version of MF4 and so far have found it the best out of all the other DVD authoring software I have trialed, however; with one exception. Every time I burn an image to my hard drive or DVD it takes over 6 hours to render. What's up with this and is this normal, is there a way to speed this up. If so I will purchase a full copy.
I assume you are rendering from AVI files. This is always a very time consuming process and depends mainly on how much CPU grunt your PC has and what else it is doing at the same time. With my P4 2.8GHz it takes between 2 and 3 times the length of my video, so a 2 hour movie could take 5-6 hours to render. This is normal. The only other program I have tried (Nero Vision Express) takes a similar amount of time to render. I usually stop all unnecessary processes such as Virus checkers before rendering.
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danlman
Thanks ruggy
Thanks ruggy
I'm glad to hear that this is normal even with other software.
I'm rendering a 1.5 hour television program from a DVD I recorded on my set top box recorder. I am guessing that this is AVI. And my system is an Athlon 1800 with 1.2 G ram and 128 video ram. If I were to upgrade then, in your opinion, would you recommend that I upgrade to a system with a faster processor or a more powerful video card such as a SLI system?
I'm glad to hear that this is normal even with other software.
I'm rendering a 1.5 hour television program from a DVD I recorded on my set top box recorder. I am guessing that this is AVI. And my system is an Athlon 1800 with 1.2 G ram and 128 video ram. If I were to upgrade then, in your opinion, would you recommend that I upgrade to a system with a faster processor or a more powerful video card such as a SLI system?
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keenart
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chiff_chiff
yep, there really arent too many things you can do on your computer that require raw processing power like video converting.
I have an over clocked p4 3.6 and even on this machine it will usually take twice as long to convert a clip.
when you think about it, there are 30 frames a second that need to be analysed and converted over.
I have an over clocked p4 3.6 and even on this machine it will usually take twice as long to convert a clip.
when you think about it, there are 30 frames a second that need to be analysed and converted over.
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rdsatkaycee
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torgo3k
Do you have any DVD or VCD compliant mpeg files you can play with? If so, try this out:
When creating your DVD layout, go to Project Settings (that little gear icon at the bottom) and set it so that it won't convert compliant mpeg files.
(It's a simple check box.)
Then try burning your movie file to an image file or DVD folder (this is only a test, so don't waste a DVD on it) and see how long it takes.
I was stunned when I found this option. It was one of the features I most wanted but couldn't find with other products. The video files that I capture are already DVD-compliant mpeg-2 files or VCD compliant mpeg1 files anyway, so there's nothing to gain and plenty to lose by re-rendering.
On a 2.4 gHz system with 1 gig of RAM, I can typically make a DVD folder for a 2 hour video file in about 12 minutes. Yes, 12 MINUTES.
DMF4 RULES !!!
When creating your DVD layout, go to Project Settings (that little gear icon at the bottom) and set it so that it won't convert compliant mpeg files.
(It's a simple check box.)
Then try burning your movie file to an image file or DVD folder (this is only a test, so don't waste a DVD on it) and see how long it takes.
I was stunned when I found this option. It was one of the features I most wanted but couldn't find with other products. The video files that I capture are already DVD-compliant mpeg-2 files or VCD compliant mpeg1 files anyway, so there's nothing to gain and plenty to lose by re-rendering.
On a 2.4 gHz system with 1 gig of RAM, I can typically make a DVD folder for a 2 hour video file in about 12 minutes. Yes, 12 MINUTES.
DMF4 RULES !!!