Xp 1800+

[Hocky]

I have recently bought a new pc for rippping svcd swesub

Info Amd XP 1800+
MSI K7T266 Pro2 motherboard
128Mb DDR 266MHz RAM (a 256 is on it´s way)
IBM 46Gb 7200Rpm hdd
Western 40Gb 7200Rpm hdd
Samsung 16* dvd rom
Win xp pro swedish
dvd2svcd 1.0.6 build 1
cce 2.50


and it´s taking me almost 30hours to rip a 2h dvd

I mean with my old p3 500Mhz with 384Mb pc 133 sdram I did it in 24h

could it be that it´s needing more RAM ?
But I think that would be strange

anyone ripped with a simular pc ?
and how long did it take ?
and PLEASE tell me what to do !!!!!!!!!!!

:confused: :confused: :confused: :eek: :confused: :confused:

[theReal]

There must be something wrong with your system/os, 30 hours seems very long (I have a T-Bird 1400@1512 and nothing ever took 30 hours so far)
On the other hand, it depends on what exactly you are doing - you said "ripping", but I guess you mean the whole backup process?
Depending on the filters you are using, it might even be ok. Some filters are really really slow!

[Hocky]

But my friend use the same settings with his amd 900MHz with 512 sdram
and it´s only taking about 8-10 hours for him

so the settings should be ok

[DDogg]

more ram. 256 min.

[FranchiseJuan]

I completly agree with DDogg.

I am running an T-bird 1.4 with a Shuttle AK31 V2 and 128 ddr ram, and it takes me more then a day to rip an SVCD on three pass using DVD2SVCD.

It is actually faster if I store the files on my new computer, and use my P3 700 with 256 ram to rip over the network, storing all the files on the T-bird!

Divx and TMPG is fine, but CCE need at lease 256 to be happy...

[smokeslikeapoet]

Yeah, more ram. I'm running WinXP and its a memory hog. I could deffinately use a GIG once ram prices come back down.

[Hocky]

Tnx alot all guys who has replied to my post
now I´m running on 384Mb RAM and it´s going great

I´ll finish a 2.05Hour movie on 8Hours with 3pass VBR

[smokeslikeapoet]

There is still something wrong unless you use a noise filter, that can slow down your encoding considerably. With only a resize filter I can encode in real time or better (1 hour of encoding per hour of video per pass) and I virtually have the same hardware that you do. Make sure when you've installed the RAM that you've installed the 256 stick in slot 1 and the 128 stick in slot 2. Windows and your hardware will fill up the 256 MB stick first that way. That small of a speed difference can add up over the course of 8 hours.

[Hocky]

ok I´ll check how I have mounted the memorybanks

[Hocky]

and I´m using noisefilter 2
are there any meaning to do that at all ?

:D

[smokeslikeapoet]

I don't see any need to use noise filter, www.everwicked.com makes a good arguement for using the "little noise" filter with temporal smoother 1, but I only do this if I'm trying to do 1 cd rips of 2 hour+ movies. Noise filters on "clean" video such as DVD is somewhat pointless IMHO and it can considerably increase your encoding time. If you'r encoding TV or other video capture the noise filters can help a lot, but its all a personal preference.

[Hocky]

Yeah I´m down to 4Hours now with no noisefilter

but the link u posted is to a forum for DivX
and I´m ripping SVCD
but it´s probably the same procedure

[theReal]

As long as not all the settings are known, you can't say "8 hours is too long". It takes different times resizing to different resolutions, the resizing filters are different, noise filters take some time, and so on.
30 hours was much too long, but if it takes 4, 8 or 10 hours just depends on your settings.