Video Rendering Speed-Video Studio 9

[markpw2]

I have 1 gig of corsair twinx fast ram and am thinking of upgrading to 2 gigs if it will help the video rendering time in Ulead Video Studio 9.0. I have a 3.2 gz Intel procesor, 160 sata hd and ATI 128mb 9600 XT video card. I just converted 1 hour of mpeg 2 video yesterday and it took 3 hours. Will the ram upgrade make any noticeable difference or is it more of a function of the processor and video filters, effects I am using in the program. Any sugestions appreciated!

[THoff]

No, the extra RAM won't help. 1GB is plenty...

[kebrinton]

Can't help thinking that your rendering process must have involved more than a simple .AVI-to-.MPEG2, "same properties," process.

I have a similar but slightly slower system and seem to have better results than what you said.

[GeorgeW]

what were your source videos? The source video format/type could make a difference (some take longer to encode than others).

Did you have it cranked all the way to the Quality side? Were you using a 2-pass conversion?

[markpw2]

what were your source videos? The source video format/type could make a difference (some take longer to encode than others).

Did you have it cranked all the way to the Quality side? Were you using a 2-pass conversion?

It was set at 90% of best quality and was converting from mpeg1 and .wmv files. Thanks, mark

[GeorgeW]

my guess is those .wmv videos took a while to convert. Were you using a 2-pass encode? (the 2-pass would make it take about twice as long).

[markpw2]

my guess is those .wmv videos took a while to convert. Were you using a 2-pass encode? (the 2-pass would make it take about twice as long).

I did not use 2 pass encode-but if I did decide to use it, would that produce a better quality dvd than the regular default setting? Also, I use VBR at 9500 & set the quality slider to 95%. What do do think the result woud be if I changed VBR to CBR?

Thanks
Mark

[maddrummer3301]

That time isn't unreasonable.
You are working with compressed files.
That time is normal when working with the formats you've chosen.

MD

[jbdet313]

Glad to see that Ulead has worked this problem out in 3 versions -- I have the exact same problem using VS6.

Here's what I do -- it actually takes less time (I timed it both ways) -- and I'll use VCD format as an example:
I first make sure all of my sources are in MPEG-1 NTSC format (remember, the framerate diff between PAL and NTSC) by running my sources through TMPEG Encoder. This means any SVCD/M2V, AVI, WMV, all get converted, plus in conversion it makes the aspect ratios all the same (another impedence in speed). All "new" sources are then saved in a separate folder -- on the drive which has VS on it.

Then I load all of my "new" sources into the timeline, put transitions, add audio (if necessary), and captions in. Now when I render to VCD, all VS really has to process are the transitions, the audio syncing, captions, etc.

BTW -- when I render any video, I make sure all unnecessary Windows processes are stopped too. The less processing the computer has to do on extraneous stuff, the better.

For more help, go to videohelp.com. You'll find how you can download and use TMPEG Encoder there. Plus the help that is available there is really indispensable -- you can learn lots of great tips to make video better.