10 days to make a DVD

Libido wrote on 1/5/2010, 11:28 AM

I have a 13 min movie and an 18 min movie. they take up 48% of the disk.
When I tell it to make a dvd it chuggs along and tells me it is going to take 249 hours left to make the DVD.

I have make several DVD that filled the disk up and it only took about 30 min to complete.

Anyone have any idea why it is so slow?

Comments

and0nyx wrote on 1/5/2010, 11:37 AM

Are the files you are using already in DVD format? (Mpeg-2 and AC3 streams?) Otherwise that sounds very much like the software is having to recompress the video files you are using.

One quick way to check is to go into File / Optimize. In the window there you will see each asset used in your disc and its source audio and video streams. If they are already DVD compliant you will see a check mark under audio and video. If they need to be recompressed you will see a different icon.

In general Vegas does a much better and faster job of compression than DVDA.

Hope that's helpful.

Arthur.S wrote on 1/6/2010, 8:27 AM

Even if DVDA is converting everything, that's an awful long time! Something seriously amiss. What file type are you converting for DVD?

Libido wrote on 1/6/2010, 4:13 PM

they are all mp4's with the menu an avi file

Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/6/2010, 4:32 PM

They would not happen to be video from a Flip or other pocket camcorder, would they?

Those MP4s can be a bear to work with!

It would definitely be wise to run them through Sony Vegas first and let Vegas output DVD-ready MPEGs.

Libido wrote on 1/6/2010, 8:27 PM

After converting to mp2 it took 38 min to burn the disk.

Thanks! Your response helped