encoding help please

[palacegirl]

encoding takes longer than watching the actual film is there anything i can do to improve this. Also once a film is encoded if you want to burn it to a cd is there a way you can without having to encode it all over again. Using Divx and roxio cd and dvd creator 6. Many thanks for your help

 

[serjer]

encoding takes longer than watching the actual film is there anything i can do to improve this.

it takes time 4 the image 2 b processed....gettin a faster cpu may solve it

Also once a film is encoded if you want to burn it to a cd is there a way you can without having to encode it all over again

could u elaborate a bit more?r u compressin a dvd video 2 avi or vice versa?

 

[palacegirl]

it takes time 4 the image 2 b processed....gettin a faster cpu may solve it
could u elaborate a bit more?r u compressin a dvd video 2 avi or vice versa?

thankyou for your help already , i am new to this so only know simple words at moment LOL
i have downloaded a film on net , it was an avi, i have roxio dvd creator and when i pressed burn it starts encoding then other bits then burns to the dvd. i have had a look to make another copy but it starts the whole process all over again taking approx. 6 hours. my cpu is 2.00ghz celeron is it fast enough thanks sorry to be a pain with all these questions

 

[ChickenMan]

Your CPU is fast enough (of course a faster one is alway better but hey, is $$'s ). I'd suggest you start reading up a bit and starting in the Tutorial section. I'd also give Roxie the flick as it will cause more problems than it tries to cure.

 

[palacegirl]

thanks chickenman, one last thing b4 i read the tutorials , can roxio make the audio not match the video. sound and picture dont co-ordinate

 

[ChickenMan]

"..can roxio make the audio not match the video. sound and picture dont co-ordinate"

Absolutely and it does it very well indead.

 

[LTR12101B]

"..can roxio make the audio not match the video. sound and picture dont co-ordinate"

Absolutely and it does it very well indead.

Tut tut!
Sarcasm is most unbecoming.

Seriously though, the valued encoders seem to be:
1. CCE (Cinemacraft) - watermarked demo available
2. TMPGENC PLUS - 30 day fully functional trial?

The encoder in NERO is not highly rated, so going from Roxio to Nero for that reason would not be a great improvement.

FFMPEG is a FREE MPEG2 capable encoder, but it's rare to find binaries (though there ARE windows binaries) due to problems with patent holders etc.
The quality is also apparently inferior to CCE/TMPEG+

 

[ChickenMan]

@LTR12101B, your right "Sarcasm is most unbecoming." but when I see a mention of Roxie, I cant help myself.

Just for your interest, there is a new MPEG2 encoder based on FFMPEG (hence free) thats just been released, its QuEnc and was made specifically for DVD ReBuilder. Not as good as CCE but better than most.

 

[celtic_druid]

I would have to say that ffmpeg is pretty easy to compile anyway.

If the pulsing bug is fixed then QuEnc would be a decent choice considering that it is free. No audio encoding though.