Eric Athroll Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 HiI previously posted a message indicating my success in producing a SVCD using Nero 6. Since then, I have followed the various posts on this subject and now realise that the time it is taking to convert from the PTE AVI file to a saved (not burned) MPEG2 file with my setup is unacceptably long.I have a Pentium III 800 MHz PC running Windows XP (Home). 768 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD (7200) and 40 GB HDD (4500), Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro Graphics (32 MB RAM), and Creative Audio PCI Sound.I have tried various tests using PTE Beta 5 and slide resolutions from 640x480 to 1280x720 (all at 72dpi) and an MP3 Sound Track. Using Nero Vision Express 2 to convert seems to take around 2 to 3 hours for the 6 minute show, depending upon whether I use single pass/normal quality or 2-pass/high quality.The resulting SVCDs play well on my Panasonic DVD Player and Panasonic TV. Using 640x480 slides and the 4:3 format the sequence fills the screen. With the 1280x720 slides and 16:9 format I get an fairly accurate TV image in it's 16:9 setting with very slight cutoff at the edges.I have no desire to get into the technicalities of producing SVCDs/DVDs - I just want to be able to do it as speedily as possible with presentations that match the PTE quality.Can anyone tell me whether it is the limitations of my current PC that is the likely cause of the slow conversion or the Nero 6 software.Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 ERICsee my tips threadhttp://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...=4&t=1350&st=20my system pIII 1.3 ghz 512 ram winhome o/sthere are several scenario's thereken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Athroll Posted December 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 For KenNothing there actually answers my question but reading between the lines it would seem you are suggesting my PC is adequate for the task so it must be Nero 6. I had hoped it would be up to the job as I hate using lots of bits of software to do one task and there is so much in Nero that I find to be excellent.I notice you refer to using other bits of software to do the actual conversion - if I have to, I will get something appropriate but will wait until the final version of PTE is published.Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Eric, i feel i have gained time by going p2e exe to p2e /video/avi to TMPGEnc to do the encoding - then to nero 5.5 to do the burn - i have been encoding to svcd, then a fresh encode to vcd and then close the video feature of p2e - and put the svcd in one folder and vcd in anothera lot of dvd players will not play svcd -- and checking over the stacks that were in the stores for xmas i seen none in the < $125 range.ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Athroll Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 For KenI have given TMPGEnc a whirl today and it cut my encoding time considerably - a 6 min show from nearly three hours with Nero 6 to 45 minutes with TMPGEnc - still not anything like as fast as others are getting but a vast improvement. I burned the trial in Nero with a title page and it took a while longer to do - when I did it all in Nero, that included the title and the show.I did find that the quality of the Nero encoding very good and certainly the equal of TMPGEng.I shall play around with TMPGEnc some more, before I decide on a purchase. I have also contacted Ahead to ask them why their encoding takes so much longer than other software packages!My new Panasonic DVD S35 (£79) was quite inexpensive and plays almost everything although my elderly Panasonic TV with the old 4:3 format distorts the edges of the picture when I use the 16:9 format unless I zoom in a bit to clip them. I am looking to buy a new TV with a 16:9 Flat Screen shortly so I shall see what that gives me in the way of picture quality. I am also considering a new PC to replace my now pedpestrian set-up.All of this is very new to me so I mustn't expect instant perfection but evrything so far looks most promising.EricEric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Eric, when you go shopping take a test show disk with you and tell them you want to see it play on the tv you are looking at - there might be other people there whose intrest might be aroused [depending on your show ] - make the salesman earn their money ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Athroll Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 For KenI don't need to do that because I have access to two modern Flat Screen TVs/DVD Players to check out my efforts, one belonging to a Camera Club colleague and the other to my son.My mate is due back on Monday, so will try out my various sample SVCDs on him and if they look OK - I'll also send them to my son to check out on his set-up.I am currently testing a sequence of a dozen slides with a Mp3 sound track to try and find the best jpg image size that will fill the screen without clipping the images or distoring the edges but testing them on my TV is not a good test.I'll certainly post my results in due course.Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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