Hi all,
Just looking for a quick reality check here. I'm converting my wedding tapes to DVD for a) general use so the DV tapes can be stored and not used, and b) gifts for the parents.
I've already done the NTSC DVDs. The conversion from avi to mpeg2 took just over 2.5hrs for the 2hr video (this on a 2.4GHz PIV w/ 512MB RAM).
I'm now doing a PAL version as my family lives in the UK. I have the avi original files on the timeline and I render as DVD Architect PAL MPEG2 @ 4,200 mbps bitrate. There are no FX, etc on the timeline at all. The most complicated thing is one brief crossfade, otherwise it's all footage captured straight from tape.
How long should this reasonably take? The computer has been rendering now for 4.5hrs and it has only rendered the first 2 and a bit minutes. At this rate it's going to take over a week to do the full video!!! Surely this can't be right?
I realise that it's a complicated process to go from NTSC avi to PAL mpeg, but this seems wrong. Should I render to PAL avi first, then convert?
Any suggestions appreciated, especially from those who have experienced this.
Thanks,
Mark
Just looking for a quick reality check here. I'm converting my wedding tapes to DVD for a) general use so the DV tapes can be stored and not used, and b) gifts for the parents.
I've already done the NTSC DVDs. The conversion from avi to mpeg2 took just over 2.5hrs for the 2hr video (this on a 2.4GHz PIV w/ 512MB RAM).
I'm now doing a PAL version as my family lives in the UK. I have the avi original files on the timeline and I render as DVD Architect PAL MPEG2 @ 4,200 mbps bitrate. There are no FX, etc on the timeline at all. The most complicated thing is one brief crossfade, otherwise it's all footage captured straight from tape.
How long should this reasonably take? The computer has been rendering now for 4.5hrs and it has only rendered the first 2 and a bit minutes. At this rate it's going to take over a week to do the full video!!! Surely this can't be right?
I realise that it's a complicated process to go from NTSC avi to PAL mpeg, but this seems wrong. Should I render to PAL avi first, then convert?
Any suggestions appreciated, especially from those who have experienced this.
Thanks,
Mark