is this meant to take this long?

[rudeboymcc]

hi. i've just found autoGK and i love the idea.

i've ripped a dvd with dvd decrypter and started the job. it's just a standup comedy with ricky gervais.

i started it at about three o-clock and four hours later it says 46% in virutal dub mod.

firstly is virtual dub mod the main program used to encode the video?

also, is it meant to take this long? i'm used to backing up dvds to dvd-5, which doesn't take more than 2 hours.

i've got an A64 2800+ cpu (1.8ghz).

[dap_werewolf]

Yes to VdubMod, and did you change the target filesize or tell AutoGK to use quality mode? AutoGk is set to encode to a size of 2CD by default if you don't put in something else.

[tigerman8u]

I do a dvd to avi backup in app. 2-3 hours depending on the length of the movie and the settings I use. My system is a P4 1.7gb with 512mg ram. 4 hours later and only 46% done seems way to long with your system specs IMO. You stated it takes app. 2 hours to back up a dvd. This seems like alot of time to me. I would check hardware 1st. ie check to see if dma is enabled, defrag hard drive etc.

[WoundedVeins]

I have a P4 3.4GHz with HT Technology (1MB Cache) and still takes me about 2 hours for a 1 hour 55 minute, 2 CD 1400MB, 2 pass job.

[rudeboymcc]

when i said two hours to backup a dvd, i didn't make it clear. that's ripping a dvd-9, converting it to dvd-5, and writing it as well. the whole processs.


dma shouldn't matter surely becuase the source files are on a hard disk.

there's no problem with fragmentation i did it yesterday using o&o defrag.

and i've got 1gig ram.

target file size is 1cd.

i'll try another dvd to see if maybe there's something wrong with this one.

[niamh]

That question has been asked often enough.
it says 46% but is it 46% of the first pass(in which case you have a definite problem) or the second pass(in which case it seems fine, mainly if you multi-task)
take a look at this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90783) for example
Encoding to avi takes a long time, that's the way it is. The official guide even advises to set your encodes before you go to bed, that's a hint ;)

[cyberVera]

P4 1.7G must be Willamette core with 400FSB. Quite an old CPU...
No mentioning about the codec used. The case is that DivX "prefers" Intel (both Celeron and Pentium), while XviD is optimised for Athlon.
The same for MPEG-1, MPEG-2 codecs. Optimizations influence time as well. Memory not so critical.

[rudeboymcc]

ok well i just started another enode, and one hour into it and it's on 20% of the first pass.

i've got an athlon and am using xvid codec so that's meant ot be better than intel. does it still seem long? its done 20% of the first pass in 15minutes, which is much better than the first time but still not as fast as i would like.

how would this compare if my processor was 2.4 ghz?? will it acutally be 33% faster? (just thinking of overclocking)

[Sharktooth]

Overclocking = BAD!
The experience says 99% of the overclocked CPUs have problems or generate problems during encoding, expecially with xvid.
Encoding needs time. If you cant wait buy a faster system.

[rudeboymcc]

what if it's not too overclocked and is stil 100% stable?

[rudeboymcc]

k well it just finsihed the first pass, took 1hr 45 minutes and managed 16 frams a second.

is that good?

this DVD is only 70 minutes long by the way.