How fast a full encoding can be?

[Mozart]

Does anybody here wants to know how fast can be a full encoding, with all features turned on? The machine is a Dell Precision 340 workstation, P4 2GHz, 1 GB RAM, which was just bought by my lab. The movie is "OMEN" (a profecia), R4, NTSC, second 1/2 ripped (I'm usualy encoding only almost 1/2 of movie by time. In this case, it is almost 54 minutes time lenght). No one otimization - OC... - was done in the machine. Thus, it was used as it is. Here is the log

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- 12/31/2001 12:44:28 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.5 build 4
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 12/31/2001 12:44:30 PM
- Analyzing subtitles
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Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x25 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x24 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x23 Language: Portugues
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x22 Language: Portugues
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x21 Language: English
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x20 Language: English

Executing subtitle selection/verification.
Subtitle selection/verification accepted.
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- 12/31/2001 12:44:43 PM
- Free on drive D: 27447.99 mb
- Extracting the subtitles.
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Subtitle extraction finished. Extracted these subtitles:
SVCD Stream no: 3 Language: Español Num. of subs: 305
SVCD Stream no: 2 Language: Portugues Num. of subs: 305
SVCD Stream no: 1 Language: English Num. of subs: 299

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- 12/31/2001 12:47:46 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- D:\profecia\prof2\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -IA=1 -CS=2 -EXIT -OF=[D:\profecia\prof2\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\profecia\prof2\VTS_02_1.vob,D:\profecia\prof2\VTS_02_2.vob,D:\profecia\prof2\VTS_02_3.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 12/31/2001 12:48:55 PM
- Free on drive D: 27438.61 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x81
Filename: D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_2.ac3
Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_1.ac3
Audio extraction finished.

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- 12/31/2001 12:51:45 PM
- Free on drive D: 27289.18 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Downmixing AC3 Stream. Filename: D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_1.ac3
Autodetecting Azid dB Gain offset
Executing Azid. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Azid\Azid.exe" -c normal -g30db -N -L -3db "D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_1.ac3" "D:\profecia\prof2\DownmixedAudioSt1-48KHz.wav" >"D:\profecia\prof2\Azid.log"
Autodetection of dB offset finished
Gain offset: 6.00dB
Executing Azid. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Azid\Azid.exe" -c normal -g6.00db -L -3db "D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_1.ac3" "D:\profecia\prof2\DownmixedAudioSt1-48KHz.wav"
Downmixing of D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_1.ac3 finished.

Audio delay: 40 ms
Adjusting audio delay.

Downsampling audio 48000 -> 44100 using SSRC.
Audio downsampling finished.


Encoding wav file to mp2.
Executing tooLame. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\tooLame\tooLame.exe" -m s -b 128 -e "D:\profecia\prof2\FinalAudioSt1.wav" "D:\profecia\prof2\Encoded_audio_stream_1.mp2"

Downmixing AC3 Stream. Filename: D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_2.ac3
Autodetecting Azid dB Gain offset
Executing Azid. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Azid\Azid.exe" -c normal -g30db -N -L -3db "D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_2.ac3" "D:\profecia\prof2\DownmixedAudioSt2-48KHz.wav" >"D:\profecia\prof2\Azid.log"
Autodetection of dB offset finished
Gain offset: 5.60dB
Executing Azid. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Azid\Azid.exe" -c normal -g5.60db -L -3db "D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_2.ac3" "D:\profecia\prof2\DownmixedAudioSt2-48KHz.wav"
Downmixing of D:\profecia\prof2\Extracted_audio_stream_2.ac3 finished.

Audio delay: 40 ms
Adjusting audio delay.

Downsampling audio 48000 -> 44100 using SSRC.
Audio downsampling finished.


Encoding wav file to mp2.
Executing tooLame. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\tooLame\tooLame.exe" -m s -b 128 -e "D:\profecia\prof2\FinalAudioSt2.wav" "D:\profecia\prof2\Encoded_audio_stream 2.mp2"
Audio conversion finished.

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- 12/31/2001 1:21:37 PM
- Free on drive D: 23691.30 mb
- Video Encoding
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Closing program
StreamSectors: 834283464
AudioSectors: 105802424
VideoPAPO: 11284560
ScanOffsetBytes: 93913
SeqAligningBytes: 5968706
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 2551853
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 708582004.53
Seconds: 3262.14
CDSize: 800.00
Cut point 797.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 78261
Anti Noise Filter: 2
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 0
Max. bitrate: 2400
Avg. Bitrate: 1737

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
Transcoding has begun.
CCE vaf file: 100 %
Transcoding has begun.
CCE mpv file: 100 %
CCE done test #9
Closing program
Video Encoding finished.

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- 12/31/2001 3:52:09 PM
- Free on drive D: 22996.47 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "D:\profecia\prof2\CCE_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" "D:\profecia\prof2\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 12/31/2001 3:53:59 PM
- Free on drive D: 22320.99 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 12/31/2001 3:54:01 PM
- Free on drive D: 22320.99 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 12/31/2001 3:54:03 PM
- Free on drive D: 22320.99 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 797 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 12/31/2001 3:57:23 PM
- Free on drive D: 21528.77 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3261.780 seconds D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
SVCD subtitles.
Length of D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3261
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- 12/31/2001 3:57:33 PM
- Free on drive D: 21528.09 mb
- Multiplexing SVCD Subtitles
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Muxing English subtitles, CD 1
Executing SubMux. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\SubMux\SubMux.exe" -s0 "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg" "D:\profecia\prof2\en1-1.sub" "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00.mpg"
Muxing Portugues subtitles, CD 1
Executing SubMux. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\SubMux\SubMux.exe" -s1 "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00_tmp.mpg" "D:\profecia\prof2\pt2-1.sub" "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00.mpg"
Muxing Español subtitles, CD 1
Executing SubMux. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\SubMux\SubMux.exe" -s2 "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00_tmp.mpg" "D:\profecia\prof2\es3-1.sub" "D:\profecia\prof2\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed00.mpg"
Muxing subtitles finished
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- 12/31/2001 4:02:14 PM
- Free on drive D: 20732.30 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 9

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --cue-file="D:\profecia\prof2\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="D:\profecia\prof2\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "D:\profecia\prof2\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 12/31/2001 4:03:50 PM
- Free on drive D: 19925.92 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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btw: that was the last time running windows 2000. Now, this machine will run only FreeBSD, which means no more DVD2SVCD working. :(

[mrbass]

impressive. Gotta upgrade ...my fastest computer at home is P450...doesn't cut it. RTCW takes 60-80secs to load compared to only 16secs on a Althon 1600.

[dvd2svcd]

It looks as just half a movie (78261 frames), so you have to add approx. 2½ hours to the encoding time + additional audio and SVCD Authoring time. But it is still fast.

[Mozart]

yes, as I said, that was just half a movie I'm usualy encoding only almost 1/2 of movie by time. In this case, it is almost 54 minutes time lenght.

However, the impressive thing is that it uses 3h19min to make a FULL encoding of this movie. What means full? It means 2 downsampled audio tracks + 3 pass video encoding + 3 subs tracks.

I had made also a test with only one "not downsampled" audio track + CBR video encoding, with the same movie. The process was done in just 41 minutes!

But this machine is in the College's laboratory, and it will be used only for scientific pourpose. Because of this, we need to install FreeBSD (Unix-like OS) in this machine, and it will not run Windows anymore. Is there any DVD2SVCD for Linux?:cool:

[dvd2svcd]

Damn, I didn't see that, sorry :)

[waldok]

Well, I'm on a poor-man Celeron II 566Mhz boosted up to 850MHZ and I have an average 12hours processing time for a 1h40 movie, wi!th subtitles extraction, 2 pass VBR CCE, 2 800MB Cds, audio offset set to 4, and VcdxBuild enabled with chapters.

Seems ok for me. I often use 1 pass VBR with TS on in the AVIsynth parameters and then I reach about 6 or 7 hours for the whole stuff.

I'm quite happy with it :) :)

Waldok.