A faster process for Blu-ray

gamzoom wrote on 10/9/2014, 9:52 AM
I use Vegas pro for basic editing, as cut and paste, tittles etc.

Having done that the process for producing the .ISO file is extremely slow. This is with Vegas or Architect.

I cannot upgrade my computer or Windows version just yet, so I am looking for ways or alternative Apps that handle the .ISO conversion better.

Also, is there an optimum use of multiple hard drives?
i.e. One for source files - One for Temp files - One for the ISO - one for Windows and Vegas.

Which can be combined without slowing down the batch process?

I do use EndItAll to shut down all other routines.

The usual thought is to throw money at it for fast hardware, but there seems to be very slow software. Any Apps out there for faster processing?

gamzoom

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dxdy wrote on 10/9/2014, 10:19 AM
gamzoom, what part of the BR creation process seems slow:

1. Rendering in Vegas
2. Creating the ISO file in DVDA
3. Burning the BR disk

I know that Sony says it doesn't take much of a processor to run these programs, but they also don't say how fast they run on minimal hardware.
videoITguy wrote on 10/9/2014, 10:49 AM
don't have a clue what you are talking about gamzoom - you are jumping around with generalities. what is the problem you are facing.

I create Blu-ray product as a business model AND the truth be told in order to create a worthwhile title - the amount of time spent on the rendering timelines and creating copies on discs is the least of my time consuming issues.

So the larger (10 to 20 times the amount of) effort is spent on creating a look, getting a good authoring design and packaging versus the piddly little time rendering a file.
PeterDuke wrote on 10/9/2014, 6:43 PM
I agree with videoITguy

Editing takes much more time than creating an ISO file (a large project may take days). Rendering the final video and audio in comparison would only take hours, but that can be done unattended - there must be other things you can or have to do. Authoring the BD is a relief because it is different from editing and signifies that the end is near. The final ISO creation can also be done unattended.

Tweaking your system may speed things up a bit but it won't, say, halve the time.
PeterDuke wrote on 10/10/2014, 12:49 AM
I presume that you are rendering to a DVDA compliant template in Vegas so that DVDA does not have to recompress. If DVDA has to recompress, then of course it will take a long time, and you will lose quality in the bargain.
gamzoom wrote on 10/10/2014, 4:41 PM
Hi videoitguy,

Thanks for you effort to reply to my questions. Sorry I didn’t make it clear for you.

I have an older quad processor and 3.5M memory available.
The editing process is fine and I devote as much time as needed to produce a good video for my customers.

My problem is getting the best speed out of the batch processing of the MP4 format for rendering to the ISO format ready for burning the BD.

I have videos up to two and a half hours long and it locks up my PC for more than twelve hours. You seem to have a much more expensive processor than I do, from your comments.

I am looking for any way that I can optimize my hard drives setup.

Any suggestions for reducing the processing of the MP4.?
I do not want to add any compression to the 1080i video.

How do I eliminate any unnecessary rendering?
videoITguy wrote on 10/10/2014, 5:47 PM
MP4 is not part of the correct workflow of creating Blu-ray discs - possibly read a major number of posts in the DVDApro forum for details about how to create Blu-ray from AVC or Mpeg2 (better) video streams.
PeterDuke wrote on 10/10/2014, 8:07 PM
MP4 is just a container. What codec and parameters does the source video have? (Post the tree info as reported by MediaInfo.)
videoITguy wrote on 10/10/2014, 8:50 PM
Indeed what I also meant as we recognize that MP4 is a container not actually a codec although its terminology is often used that implies such.

here is the problem you need to be addressing with specifics in your workflow.
1) Source video
2) Editing process ? complex compositing or straight cuts
3) use of VegasPro version ?
4) Creation of a video elementary stream for import to DVDAPro ? how, what type?