Just Curious about mpeg render time at DVinfo.net

Angelo Caruso · February 5th, 2010, 07:27 PM

Hello to all,

Just wondering about something. I edit sd dvds. A 2hr .avi file takes about 17min to render in Vegas. Then I bring it into dvda5. I set my menus, (blah, blah) and the resulting mpeg 2 stream takes about 2 hours to render. Any thoughts on how to make this faster? Or is that pretty standard? Thanks to all.

Angelo

Perrone Ford · February 5th, 2010, 07:48 PM

Well, you could buy a faster computer. But short of that, getting real time performance on an Mpeg2 render isn't bad at all. Try encoding BluRay some time!

Don Bloom · February 5th, 2010, 09:10 PM

like Perrone said a faster processor is about the only way. It's just the nature of the beast.

Richard Jones · February 6th, 2010, 04:56 AM

It all depends on how fast your computer is. My renders take about half as long again as the length of the project and I'm using a fairly fast system.

Don't know if it will help, but have you tried rendering to MPEG2 (and AC3) in Vegas itself? The MPEG 2 and AC3 files come over together when one is dragged into the blue screen and the only thing left for DVDA to do is prepare and burn which, for me (even with the addition of twenty or so chapter headings) is done in a few (say 10 to 15) minutes as no rendering is necessary.

Richard

Mike Kujbida · February 6th, 2010, 05:21 AM

I've been doing it Richard's way since I started doing DVDs several years ago.

Don Bloom · February 6th, 2010, 07:20 AM

Add me in there as well. Render to MPG/AC3 in Vegas, bring to DVDA, author DVD, render, burn, done.
Lots more control of the render in Vegas IMO.

February 5th, 2010, 07:27 PM	#1
Angelo Caruso New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bayport, NY Posts: 10	Just Curious about mpeg render time Hello to all, Just wondering about something. I edit sd dvds. A 2hr .avi file takes about 17min to render in Vegas. Then I bring it into dvda5. I set my menus, (blah, blah) and the resulting mpeg 2 stream takes about 2 hours to render. Any thoughts on how to make this faster? Or is that pretty standard? Thanks to all. Angelo

February 5th, 2010, 07:48 PM	#2
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Well, you could buy a faster computer. But short of that, getting real time performance on an Mpeg2 render isn't bad at all. Try encoding BluRay some time! __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

February 5th, 2010, 09:10 PM	#3
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	like Perrone said a faster processor is about the only way. It's just the nature of the beast. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

February 6th, 2010, 07:20 AM	#6
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Add me in there as well. Render to MPG/AC3 in Vegas, bring to DVDA, author DVD, render, burn, done. Lots more control of the render in Vegas IMO. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

February 6th, 2010, 04:56 AM	#4
Richard Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woking, England Posts: 116	It all depends on how fast your computer is. My renders take about half as long again as the length of the project and I'm using a fairly fast system. Don't know if it will help, but have you tried rendering to MPEG2 (and AC3) in Vegas itself? The MPEG 2 and AC3 files come over together when one is dragged into the blue screen and the only thing left for DVDA to do is prepare and burn which, for me (even with the addition of twenty or so chapter headings) is done in a few (say 10 to 15) minutes as no rendering is necessary. Richard

February 6th, 2010, 05:21 AM	#5
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	I've been doing it Richard's way since I started doing DVDs several years ago.