How fast can conversion be done?

[DennisG]

Hi:

I have been wishing to put the PTE slideshow to DVD, but in my workflow, I only have minutes to get one ready. I have been using PTE for a PC version, and a different software to make a SVCD for a DVD player. The SVCD takes about 8 minutes for 150 pictures.

Can any of you tell me that you can make a DVD in 8 minutes or less anf what software you use?

Dennis

[LumenLux]

Dennis, I held off my answer, thinking you would have received a better answer by now. If I assume you want 6 seconds viewing per slide, your 150 photos result in a PTE show of 15 minutes. My experience, on slow (750mhz) pc with DVD burner, is it takes much, that is much longer than 8 minutes for me to make a DVD of the PTE show. I'm sorry I don't have documented times to give you. Ken documents well many of his efforts and may be able to come up with some actual times that might be helpful to you.

[Ken Cox]

Dennis welcome to the forum

dvd's do not get made fast

my latest notes - -tho not a p2e it might enlighten you as to time

for reference only

i decided to try to capture a vhs show with my ati all in wonder 9000 card

tape was 57 mins 30 secs

used windvd platinum 6 to do the capture

nero 6 suite for the burn -- background's are nicer and quicker to make multiple copies -- roughly 1/2 the time of original encoding/burn -- it keeps the encoded file in memory i think

created a mpeg file 3,807,724 kb

resulting dvd was just over 4 gig

first one i did i had a whole lot of background noise -- tv - normal fan noise, moving chair etc

2nd run i turned off microphone and the pc camera defaults -- camera was culprit but ramped down slider on my headset/mike input to CMA:)-- box was already checked to mute

i could have raised the audio recording level [was at 50%] on the ati theatre suite but decided against

final was a keeper

time consumed 4+ hrs -- 1 dud and one keeper

the tape was one i had recorded in composite video [ i do not have svhs] from a widescreen dvd so i had some minor border top and bottom not enough to worry about

and this was my first dvd burn notes

Fri 7/2/2004 9:41 PM

my first attempt at making a dvd direct from the p2e program notes

meant as an fyi for expected time to burn vs file size

included a screenshot of the files but the old dummie cut off the time they run

ken

DVD TEST NOTES

8:26 PM 7/2/2004

USED WINDVD SUITE -- CAME WITH ASUS MOTHERBOARD

USED P2E EXISTING SHOWS -- I HAD MADE THESE SHOWS TO VCD AND SVCD FORMAT MANY TIMES AND I KNEW THEIR FAILINGS

REVISED AS NECESSARY - IMAGEs TO FULL SCREEN settings -- 95% SCREENSIZE -- SOME WERE MADE ORIGINALLY with ver 3.6 --WERE SCANNED INTO SYSTEM FROM 4X6 PRINTS, 8X10 XEROX COPIES AND 8X10 PRINTS ETC

I DID NOT ADJ THE TEXT POSITON FOR THE PICT ID SO IN SOME CASES I LOST THE TEXT AND IN OTHER CASE'S IT IS LOST IN THE PICTURE - -I WAS NOT ABOUT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AS I WANTED TO SEE THE OUTPUT QUALITY and how the system would operate

USED P2E VER 4.3 BETA 1 AND CREATED VIDEO --default settings - INTERLACE AND SHARPNESS FILTER ON

AUTO SHOW EXE = 24.484MB - AVI 123.311 MB

AIR SHOW EXE = 9.65 MB- AVI = 73.141

CALENDAR EXE = 21.25 MB - AVI = 107.394

BRIDGE EXE = 14.5= MB - 116.500 MB

KIDS EXE =4.79 MB - AVI =23.364 MB

MOUNTAINS EXE = 11.579 MB - AVI 91.750 MB

TUGBOAT EXE = 6.106 MB AVI - 25.827 MB

TOUR EXE 3.812 MB - AVI =25.827 MB

THE ESTIMATE TOTAL FILE DVD SIZE WAS +- 3600 MB'S

TIME FOR WINDVD TO CONVERT AND BURN WAS + - 2HRS 10 MINS

SO I DONT BELIEVE I WILL BE GOING THRU THE TMPGENC GYRATIONS -- THE NEW SYSTEM IS WORKING REAL WELL FOR THIS OPERATION

VIEWED ON 13", 23", 29" AND 32" STANDARD TV'S -- THE PICTURES OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT WERE SCANNED FROM MY HASSLEBLAD DAYS ARE EXCEPTIONAL

THE OVER ALL QUALITY IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIS OLD BOY

NOW I HAVE TO FIGGER OUT THE FANCY MENU SETTINGS IN WINDVD

excuse the capitals:))

SYSTEM

Operating System System Model

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.

System Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Processor a Main Circuit Board b

2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

16 kilobyte primary memory cache

1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800-E Rev 1.xx

Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1001.004 01/05/2004

Drives Memory Modules c,d

270.79 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

179.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B [CD-ROM drive]

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B [CD-ROM drive]

3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

FUJITSU MPG3307AH E SCSI Disk Device (30.74 GB) -- drive 2

GENERIC USB Storage-CFC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4

GENERIC USB Storage-MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5

GENERIC USB Storage-MSC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6

GENERIC USB Storage-SMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3

WDC WD12 00JB-00CRA1 SCSI Disk Device (120.03 GB) -- drive 1

WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA8C4785163, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0)

Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty

Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB

Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty

Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 75.50 GB 61.16 GB free

d: (on drive 1) 75.50 GB 50.40 GB free

e: (on drive 0) 44.52 GB 34.06 GB free

f: (on drive 1) 44.53 GB 31.16 GB free

g: (on drive 2) 30.74 GB 2.59 GB free

1 GIG SWAP FILE ON E DRIVE

since these notes were made i have updated to xp home sp2

the more hp you have the quicker the encoding process and my dvd burner is only a 4x so if you have real deep pockets buy a big and fast system

prices are coming down and speeds are going up

a comparison between my 2 systems

with the old system

pent 111 1.3 gig hz 1 gig ram, 1 gig swap file

when burning a cd-r disk the cpu processor performance graph was pegged at 100%

this systenm

pent 4 2.8 ghz 1 gig ram i gig swap file

cpu processor performance graph was at 80%

and i was transferring files via the internet at the same time

ken

[DennisG]

Thanks Ken & LumenLux for your replies. It seems that getting ready to burn DVD takes a lot of time. The actual burn is very fast, but the computer really is put to work to prepare to write a DVD witha slideshow. I am hoping that someday this will speed up. But, thanks again for your replies.