CCE running much slower

[bigsid05]

I've been using DVD-RB Pro and CCE SP 2.67 retail for some time now doing 6-pass encodes in about 2.5 - 3 hours. Recently, it has started taking 8-10 hours. I'm not really sure what has happened, I haven't made any significant software/hardware changes. My system config is as follows:

P4 840D 3.2GHz Extreme Edition
2 GB RAM
Source/Working directories are on different HDDs (both of which are SATA)

I get speed readings around 2.0 in CCE, not sure how fast it was previously as I never paid attention until now.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Digga]

assuming that you are on Windows, check the task manager to see what other programs are running in the background that might eat up resources.
worst case scenario: virus.

[rahzel]

are you sure you were doing 6-passes before? 2.5-3 hours for 6-passes seems a little too quick imo. i have an opteron 144 939 at 2.65ghz, 2gb of memory, and CCE 3 passes usually takes me around 2 hours (more or less), or 3 hours for REALLY long movies, like LOTR.

you might also want to defrag your harddrive once in a while, especially if you do a lot of DVD encoding. defragmenting a horribly fragmented HDD can shave off 20-30 minuites alone.

[bigsid05]

The CCE process uses about 60% of my resources. No malware or resource hogs running. Virus is a possiblity, I'm usually careful about that stuff though but I'll do a scan anyway.

Rahzel, at first I thought it could have been my foggy memory as well but a 'Speed' reading of 1.8-2.0 seems pretty low for this setup.

[NaN]

Well, to get a bit performance back you might want to try my DGDecode 1.1.1 which is heavier optimized, it works especially well with P4s; you can get it from

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=105484&

I really recommend the there included new Skal idct (#6) which offers great quality at excellent speed.

Cheers, NaN

[feedback]

Well, to get a bit performance back you might want to try my DGDecode 1.1.1 which is heavier optimized, it works especially well with P4s; you can get it from

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=105484&

I really recommend the there included new Skal idct (#6) which offers great quality at excellent speed.

Cheers, NaN
I can also recommend NaN's DGDecode 1.1.1.
I have been using it since he first posted it here @doom9.
The Skal idct is the one I use (I did use the 64 floating point, but is very slow).
There is easily a 5 to 10 percent increase in speed :D depending on system and source with no, IMO, apparent loss in quality.

Regards,