Rendering times

Mike M. wrote on 10/26/2003, 2:30 PM

Does anyone know the aproximate time it takes to render some of the more popular formats (MPEG 1/2, AVI) based on a file type, size ? Just some averages.

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GaryKleiner wrote on 10/26/2003, 2:35 PM

The most infuential variable in this equation is your CPU speed.
What are you working with?

Gary

johnmeyer wrote on 10/26/2003, 3:48 PM

There is an old thread that covers this sort of thing:

Render Times

That thread refers to a site where you can download a test file and then reder that test tile on your machine and compare the time it takes to how long it took other people to render on their machines.

You can download the test VEG file here:

Vegas Render Test File

The results are at:

Render Results

Jessariah67 wrote on 10/26/2003, 4:33 PM

The complexity of your project plays a big part in it as well -- how many layers are there, what kind of FX/Transitions are you using, are there any parenting comps in it, etc.

Mike M. wrote on 10/26/2003, 6:00 PM

Yeah you're right. I realized that it was a pretty vague question.

Using a P4 @ 2.6 gHz wt 1G RAM, 7200 RPM Drive wt 8M cache
XP Pro OS

I was just wondering how long it would take to render say a standard 1.5 hour VHS movie to MPEG2 without doing anything to it? AVI > MPEG2

and

Curious how much time it adds if you color correct the entire piece?

I tried the sample *.veg file and here's what I got using the default settings for Vegas 3.0c:

MPEG2=2:08
MPEG1=1:45
QT=2:17

GaryKleiner wrote on 10/26/2003, 6:11 PM

>I was just wondering how long it would take <

Try rendering a minute or two and extrapolate from there.
Adding color correction will probably double the render time.

Gary

TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/26/2003, 9:14 PM

The render times on the rendertest site seem to very to what i've gotten. When I ran Vegas on my P3-667 I got a render time of about 6:30 which the site associates with an 850mhz processor.

I've done a 4 minute AVI to MPEG render on my AMD XP 1800. I'm not 100% sure how long it took (i rendered over night and had 3 other vegas windows open, rendering. :) ), but i would say that took about 12 minutes (DVD Mpeg-2 @ 6,000,000 bitrate).

If you've got an extra $100, buy TMPGenc (www.tmpgenc.com). It will allow you to combine mpeg1/2 files. So, if only get to render part then need to stop it, you can continue where you left off and combine the files.

Better yet, if you haven't downloaded it before, the mpeg-2 part has a 30 day trial! :)