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Chienworks wrote on 4/5/2006, 8:26 AM
How fast is your processor? What codecs are you using? What encoder? What frame size and frame rate? Some of those options could make a 10:1 difference or more in rendering time.
johnmeyer wrote on 4/5/2006, 8:30 AM
Way too many variables to give even a range of answers.

Suggestion. Download a few seconds of HDV footage (lots of links in this forum to short clips. Encode it on your machine in the manner you wish, and get exact figures for yourself.
DefcomDMC wrote on 4/5/2006, 8:48 AM
3.0Ghz HT, Cineform Codec, from 1280X720 down to NTSC widescreen at 23.976fps
DJPadre wrote on 4/6/2006, 6:03 AM
1.5times realtime, this includes the downscaling but this is from cineform to avi.. basiclaly if u have 90 minutes, it would take an hour.. this depends on whether or not ur using the same drive to render to and from
If ur using seperate drives, thats how fast it should go.. if ur usin one drive, it will be slower..

from avi to mpg, if ur using the standalone mpg encoder from mainconcpet, it will take 2x realtime (ie half of the actual duration)

im using a P4 Extremem 3gz HT with 2mb cache, 1gb corsair ram and 2 TB of non raided HDD's
For DVD delivery and HDV editing (cineform) it works a treat