Hey I just started again encoding with dvd rebuilder. I backed up a 3hr movie with HC Encoder, profile set to best quality. It took my comp 316mins to do this. My question is, is CCE that much faster. Im running 3.0ghz pentium Laptop With HT technology 512-128mb shared ati vid card 60gb HD thanks
It is much faster...my system specs are below. I started with HC encoder and was getting about 4-4.5 hours per full movie encode (I think those were the times I was getting, it has been a while). I now use CCE and am averaging about 1 hour per pass for a full movie. I generally use 3 passes so am getting about 2.5-3 hours per encode. Download a copy of CCE SP trial and give it a shot. Set it for 2 passes since that is what you'll be using if you decide to purchase CCE basic (more passes are available on CCE SP). The trial version will leave a watermark on the bottom of the video you encode, but at least you can see the results and the encoding time and decide if the time saved is worth the $60 purchase for Basic.
encoding times will vary depending on your system and making sure not to multitask. My typical times vary from as fast as 82mins to 96mins using CCE with 3 passes. I've done long movies that are typically 125mins.
I encoded a movie using both methods yesterday, using HC encoder and the CCE encoder. HC=429mins CCE=259mins Exactly the same movie, considerable time difference. Quality really was not noticeable. I just switched over to DVD-RB from, Shrink and DVD-Lab Pro. DVD-RB is certainly a slower process, but overall the project control is far superior. I still pre-edit using PGCedit and VOBblanker so far without problems. chris
Thanks Im gonna go with CCE then. IHOE what kind of comp do you have those encoding times are unbelievable?
Generally averaging 252 minutes (4.2 / 4.5 hrs) during encoding phase via DVDRB using ProCoder 2.0x Mastering Quality setting. Yea I realize the Mastering quality option adds considerable amount of time to the encoding but is 4.2 hrs about normal? System specs - WinXP Pro SP1 x64 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.81 Ghz 1.5 GB DDR Dualchannel RAM 80 GB SATA Main drive (drive DVDRB running off) 250 GB IDE Encoding/DVDR (WORK drive) 300 GB IDE Output /DVDR Storage (Final Output) Usually use default output option since I prefer to test all my rips/encodes via WinDVD before burning disc. Too lazy to hafta mount ISO via DaemonTools
[16:16:02] One Click encoding activated... ----------------- [16:16:03] Phase I, PREPARATION started. - CCE 2.62+ encoder selected. - "Movie Only" mode is enabled. - VTS_01: 3,630,149 sectors. -- Scanning and writing .D2V & .AVS files -- Processed 239,241 frames. -- Building .AVS and .ECL files - Reduction Level for DVD-5: 62.3% - Overall Bitrate : 4,305/3,444Kbs - Space for Video : 4,195,212KB - HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL Bitrates: 4,520/2,139/3,444 Kbs [16:21:25] Phase I, PREPARATION completed in 5 minutes. [16:21:25] Phase II ENCODING started - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 0 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 1 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 2 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 3 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 4 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 5 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 6 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 7 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 8 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 9 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 10 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 11 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 12 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 13 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 14 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 15 - Creating M2V for VTS_01 segment 16 [17:53:25] Phase II ENCODING completed in 92 minutes. [17:53:25] Phase III, REBUILD started. - Processing VTS_01 - Reading/processing TMAP table... - Rebuilding seg 0 VOBID 1 CELLID 1 - Rebuilding seg 1 VOBID 1 CELLID 2 - Rebuilding seg 2 VOBID 1 CELLID 3 - Rebuilding seg 3 VOBID 1 CELLID 4 - Rebuilding seg 4 VOBID 1 CELLID 5 - Rebuilding seg 5 VOBID 1 CELLID 6 - Rebuilding seg 6 VOBID 1 CELLID 7 - Rebuilding seg 7 VOBID 1 CELLID 8 - Rebuilding seg 8 VOBID 1 CELLID 9 - Rebuilding seg 9 VOBID 1 CELLID 10 - Rebuilding seg 10 VOBID 1 CELLID 11 - Rebuilding seg 11 VOBID 1 CELLID 12 - Rebuilding seg 12 VOBID 1 CELLID 13 - Rebuilding seg 13 VOBID 1 CELLID 14 - Rebuilding seg 14 VOBID 1 CELLID 15 - Rebuilding seg 15 VOBID 1 CELLID 16 - Rebuilding seg 16 VOBID 1 CELLID 17 - Updating NAVPACKS for VOBID_01 - Updated VTS_C_ADT. - Updated VTS_VOBU_ADMAP. - Updated IFO: VTS_01_0.IFO - Correcting VTS Sectors... [18:09:34] Phase III, REBUILD completed in 16 minutes. Done. [18:09:34] PREPARE/ENCODE/REBUILD completed in 113 min. not bad......I know some other members here have better encoding times than mine!
