Why is Ahead Nero VCD encoding taking soooo long?!

kevs · 06-23-2003, 04:04 PM

I'm using Ahead Nero (v5.5.9.14) and am trying to burn an *.avi file to disc at 4x (so the audio will be on-time and intact). Before this one, I just burned another vcd at the same specs that was 125,000kb and it took a little under an hour.

The file that's being encoded right now is only 200,000kb, but it's been encoding for a long time now.

Is there anything I can do about this? Why do some *.avi files take longer (seemingly forever) to encode while others can encode faster?

I know Nero is trying to convert the .avi to .mpg, but this is taking way too long. This happened with another video I tried to burn to disc before.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

kevs · 06-24-2003, 02:57 PM

My computer froze, so I had to restart the encoding process.
15 hours 30 minutes later......

I'm 51% encoded. Ugh.

kevs · 06-25-2003, 02:54 PM

39 hours 27 minutes later.....

I'm now 88% encoded. Whoopee!

DaNewbie · 06-25-2003, 04:01 PM

nero vcd encoder is pretty slow....I'd reccomend TMPGenc

kevs · 06-25-2003, 08:28 PM

Newbie, thanks for the tip. I've seen TMPGenc, but doesn't it take the .avi file and convert it into an .mpg file, but makes it really huge? So, then I'd have to take part 1 of a movie, convert it to mpg, split that in half, and then do the other half of the movie the same way. I'd end up with 4 discs (?). Thanks again for the tip, though.

So......
45 hours even later....

I'm 97% encoded! I think it boosted into overdrive. Ha ha.

kevs · 06-25-2003, 10:34 PM

WOOHOO! It only took 47 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds to burn. That wasn't so bad.

DaNewbie · 06-25-2003, 10:43 PM

If you're encoding to proper vcd spec, the final converted size will be the same, since the spec calls for a specific bitrate (meaning each second of video after converted will be exactly the same size.)

06-23-2003, 04:04 PM	#1
kevs Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Maryland Posts: 626	Why is Ahead Nero VCD encoding taking soooo long?! I'm using Ahead Nero (v5.5.9.14) and am trying to burn an .avi file to disc at 4x (so the audio will be on-time and intact). Before this one, I just burned another vcd at the same specs that was 125,000kb and it took a little under an hour. The file that's being encoded right now is only 200,000kb, but it's been encoding for a long time now. Is there anything I can do about this? Why do some .avi files take longer (seemingly forever) to encode while others can encode faster? I know Nero is trying to convert the .avi to .mpg, but this is taking way too long. This happened with another video I tried to burn to disc before. Any thoughts? Thanks. __________________ kevs

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06-24-2003, 02:57 PM	#2
kevs Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Maryland Posts: 626	My computer froze, so I had to restart the encoding process. 15 hours 30 minutes later...... I'm 51% encoded. Ugh.

06-25-2003, 02:54 PM	#3
kevs Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Maryland Posts: 626	39 hours 27 minutes later..... I'm now 88% encoded. Whoopee!

06-25-2003, 04:01 PM	#4
DaNewbie Lieutenant Join Date: May 2000 Location: California, USA Posts: 460	nero vcd encoder is pretty slow....I'd reccomend TMPGenc

06-25-2003, 08:28 PM	#5
kevs Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Maryland Posts: 626	Newbie, thanks for the tip. I've seen TMPGenc, but doesn't it take the .avi file and convert it into an .mpg file, but makes it really huge? So, then I'd have to take part 1 of a movie, convert it to mpg, split that in half, and then do the other half of the movie the same way. I'd end up with 4 discs (?). Thanks again for the tip, though. So...... 45 hours even later.... I'm 97% encoded! I think it boosted into overdrive. Ha ha.

06-25-2003, 10:34 PM	#6
kevs Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Maryland Posts: 626	WOOHOO! It only took 47 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds to burn. That wasn't so bad.

06-25-2003, 10:43 PM	#7
DaNewbie Lieutenant Join Date: May 2000 Location: California, USA Posts: 460	If you're encoding to proper vcd spec, the final converted size will be the same, since the spec calls for a specific bitrate (meaning each second of video after converted will be exactly the same size.)

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