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Flexy
18th May 2007, 13:12
Hello,

i am converting SHORT clips right now, either with VDUBMod and latest FFDSHOW and WMV9 codec, or Sony Vegas 7.

I cant get over the fact how slow WMV encoding is. I need about 30min or so for a short 7min videoclip.

Is there a faster way to encode to 320x240/Youtube "Quality" (lol) video clips ?
cyberheater
18th May 2007, 13:42
Try WME assistant http://www.wmeassistant.com/

It's the fastest WMV encoder I know. It's not free but it's worth it.
buzzqw
18th May 2007, 15:52
automkv with wmv7 profile

BHH
gameplaya15143
18th May 2007, 21:39
i am converting SHORT clips right now, either with VDUBMod and latest FFDSHOW and WMV9 codec, or Sony Vegas 7.

I cant get over the fact how slow WMV encoding is. I need about 30min or so for a short 7min videoclip.IIRC the WMV9 VFW codec had a quality<->speed setting (slider), puting it to its slowest mode makes it unbearably slow, put it all the way fast.

Also, in ff_vfw, adjusting the motion search precision down might speed things up. (this worked for SNOW at least)
Inventive Software
19th May 2007, 20:59
WMV8 instead of WMV7 cause it's better, WMV8 over WMV9 cause it's about twice as fast.
zambelli
19th May 2007, 21:20
Try WME assistant http://www.wmeassistant.com/

It's the fastest WMV encoder I know. It's not free but it's worth it.
How can it be faster than WME9 if it's using the same codec?
Inventive Software
20th May 2007, 02:19
Maybe it cheats...... :D
zambelli
21st May 2007, 10:32
Maybe it cheats...... :D
It can't. It's based on the same codec DMO. It can only lower the complexity at the expense of quality to make things go faster.
cyberheater
22nd May 2007, 07:25
How can it be faster than WME9 if it's using the same codec?

You may be right. All I know is that it's fast, easy and simple to use and great for batch file encoding.