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hello im currently running the latest versions of ulead dvd movie factory 2.5se and Ulead VideoStudio 7 SE DVD... just wanna know why it takes so long to write a av/divx file ect. from my hard drive to a DVD through movie factory and vidio studio??? it is takin like upto 4-5 hours to write a movie from my hard drive to dvd??? it just doesn't seem rite... is there any why to speed it up at all??? please help me out please!!!!

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(my computer kick's ass)
so there's no hardware prob's

cool thanks 4 ya time, im running p4 windows xp AMD Athlon(TM) 2400+ 1.5ghz 512mb ram ... is this what you are after...

What is it that takes the most time? When you create a DVD the software does a number of things. First it creates MPEG video files off your AVIs. This will normally take quite some time.

Depending on what you have done in Video Studio (filters, titles etc) converting one hour of AVI to MPEG may take quite some time. If your PC is very fast it can be done in near real time, in other words, for each hour of movie it will take one hour to convert. In most cases it would be slower, some times significantly slower.

The other things the software does takes less time. It will have to create movies for your menus etc, but that should not be too slow.

Another aspect is that the software needs to multiplex video and sound. On a DVD sound and video is stored in different files. Those files will have to be created too...

The burning it self should be relatively fast, it will not happen at 8x speed though, by that I mean it will take more than 1 minute to write 8 minutes of movie.

So, what you need to explain is what part of the process takes time? Is it the video encoding? The menu creation? The multiplexing? The burning it self?


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Terje

cool thanks 4 ya time, im running p4 windows xp AMD Athlon(TM) 2400+ 1.5ghz 512mb ram ... is this what you are after...

ok, does P4 = Pentium 4? If so, not sure what the AMD Athlon 2400+ is?

If it's not a Pentium 4, but it is an AMD Athlon XP 2400+, then what's the 1.5ghz? That 1.5ghz speed seems to be more like AMD XP 1800+ speeds??? Do you have your BIOS setup properly to run at full speed of your processor?

90 minutes converting in 4 hours doesn't seem too bad if you are running at 1.5 (it used to take twice that, if not longer, on older machines).

Some things to check/try:
1) look if your computer is setup to run at "full" speed (assuming you have an AMD XP 2400+)
2) download the TRIAL version of Ulead's DVD MovieFactory 3.0 -- I believe the encoder is faster in this version
3) don't run other things on your computer while rendering
4) check how your Operating System is setup for optimization (give higher priority for running tasks)
5) For MUCH FASTER standalone encoders, download the TRIAL versions of either CinemaCraft Basic or Mainconcept's Standalone mpeg encoder (you won't believe the difference in speed)

Regards,
George

it also tell me that there is not enough disc space (dvd) but video studio will make it fit why is that...

It all comes down to the bitrates you plan to use for your DVD (Video and Audio). VideoStudio and MovieFactory have some standard "templates" to fit "x" amount of minutes onto a single-layer DVD -- I think you might have selected a different template which would explain why VideoStudio made it fit, but MovieFactory says there isn't enough space.

To get 90 minutes of video to fit on your DVD, you are going to need to make sure your total bitrate (Video + Audio) stays just under ~6800kbps. Have a look at the Template you selected to see if this is the case. You can also adjust the bitrates manually -- making a custom setting to fit your needs. If you are using LPCM audio, switching to mpeg audio (only other choice in the DVDMF 3 Trial) will allow you to use a higher bitrate for your video. NOTE: mpeg audio is not a standard for NTSC DVD Players (it is for PAL DVD Players). So if you are creating an NTSC Disc, then be aware that the mpeg-audio might not play in all NTSC DVD Players (should be fine in alot of newer DVD players).

As to your computer -- if it's an AMD XP 2400+, then I think 1.5ghz is not up to its full speed potential (but not sure why it's set like that). Check with your computer manual...

Regards,
George