Batch Processing

[synchron]

Hi, 1st post here and commend every1 on this excellent forum.

I recently upgraded from a AMDK6-400 to a P4-2.4 GHz. I can finally encode SVCD's now with this major speed improvement and can also use CCE2.5

For complete DVD movies and DIVX AVI movies batch encoding is not an issue. But for encoding small clips, DVD xtras, etc. I have no problem running multiple instances of DVD2SVCD when using TMPGENC Plus as the encoder. But I'm really starting to like the quality/speed improvement of CCE. However, when I try to run the same multiple instance of DVD2SVCD, even when changing default folders and pointing to it (each clip would be in its own folder), I get the same mpg as the 1st one selected, as if things aren't getting pointed to the right paths.

Is there any fix for this?? Any ideas, will there ever be a better batch process in future versions since alot of the integrated programs allow batch processing anyway?? I like to set things off before I go to work (or sleep) and come back with eveything done.

TIA,

synchron. :D

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Again, search and read first, complain later. There is a batch mode for DVD2SVCD, which was explained here plenty of times before. Read up on it. Perhaps "rip only" helps in a search.

[synchron]

OK, I searched and found that this batch mode is simply to start the process and disrupt it somewhere when Besweet kicks in.

But what I was really looking for was why Tmpenc has no problem running multiple instances but CCE does and if there was a setting in DVD2SVCD to change that.

Synchron :)

[Labersack]

CCE can run multiple instances, but the frameserver makes problems.
But why should anybody want to run multiple instances? This would only make sense in multi-CPU-machines (And you still have the frameserving problem), in any other cases two CCE one after another are quicker than two at the same time.

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For me, speed isn't the issue here. Getting the job done is and as long as I come home and eveything is encode, that's fine. With Tmpgenc, I've run 3 DVD2SVCD instances on 3 full length clips and all get processed fine since WinXP Pro does a decent job of multithreading things when priorities are set to normal.

With CCE, sure, it runs multiple instances but for some reason, it gets confused and encodes the same file even though the default folder is somewhere else. I know this is not a conventional method but this is one of the requirements and leisures of a multitasking OS.

Synchron. :)

[Labersack]

The Batch encoding isn't supposed to run many movies at the same time, but one after another. I often queue some movies in the batch and let DVD2SVCD encode them _one after another_.
If your version try to do them all at the same time, you have a problem with your settings. Are you using the newest version? I know some older version having some problems with batch encoding, but the new one can do it perfectly.

[synchron]

OK thanx for your suggestions. I appreciate it!