[MCC63]

I have captured and edited video and created a blu-ray project in MyDVD. I then proceed to burn the project (includes movies and menues) on to a blu-ray disc. Of course, the first step is encoding and that seems to be taking a very long time. Here are the specs of my hardware and software:

Camcorder: Cannon VIXIA HF S100
Software: Roxio Creator 2009 Ultimate
Computer: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200, 2.21 GHz. 4 MB Ram, Windows XP.


My project consusted of 6 movies with menus. The movies totaled 5.4 MB.

It took about 8 hours to encode. Is this normal? IS there any way to speed up the procees? Would a quad core processor make much difference in speed?

[myguggi]

I have captured and edited video and created a blu-ray project in MyDVD. I then proceed to burn the project (includes movies and menues) on to a blu-ray disc. Of course, the first step is encoding and that seems to be taking a very long time. Here are the specs of my hardware and software:

Camcorder: Cannon VIXIA HF S100
Software: Roxio Creator 2009 Ultimate
Computer: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200, 2.21 GHz. 4 MB Ram, Windows XP.


My project consusted of 6 movies with menus. The movies totaled 5.4 MB.

It took about 8 hours to encode. Is this normal? IS there any way to speed up the procees? Would a quad core processor make much difference in speed?

First of all, file size means nothing when it comes to video, it's the timelength of the video that is important. * hours may very well be quite fast for encoding a BD video
BTW, that file size you mentioned (5.4MB) is propably only the project file size which does not contain any video at all. If it were a video file it would last only a fraction of a second or so.

[ggrussell]

I did a speed test on my Dual Core 3.0Ghz at full 1920x1080i. 1 minute of video took 20 minutes to process. I just upgraded to a Quad core 3.4Ghz and it cut that same processing down to a little over 4 minutes.

[MCC63]

First of all, file size means nothing when it comes to video, it's the timelength of the video that is important. * hours may very well be quite fast for encoding a BD video
BTW, that file size you mentioned (5.4MB) is propably only the project file size which does not contain any video at all. If it were a video file it would last only a fraction of a second or so.

Sorry, I meant 5.4 GB

[grandpabruce]

Sorry, I meant 5.4 GB

The answer, to your question, is in Post #3 of this thread.

[MCC63]

I did a speed test on my Dual Core 3.0Ghz at full 1920x1080i. 1 minute of video took 20 minutes to process. I just upgraded to a Quad core 3.4Ghz and it cut that same processing down to a little over 4 minutes.

Which quad core was it? Is it Intel. Do you have the model number?

[ggrussell]

I just built a new computer with the AMD X4 Phenom 965, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Asus M4A78T-E motherboard.

[MCC63]

I just built a new computer with the AMD X4 Phenom 965, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Asus M4A78T-E motherboard.

Is the playback of HD files also smooth?

[ggrussell]

In which application? I don't use AVCHD. My camcorder is HDV (hidef MPEG 2). I've never had an issue with it even on the old computer. AVCHD is what really needs more CPU power. On my old computer, the only thing I had to play AVCHD was Cineplayer 5 in Creator 2009. I downloaded a few movie trailers in 720P MP4 files. They played fine. I don't have any longer AVCHD files to test the playback on the new computer.