8 and 1/2 hours to render a 30 minute video?
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I just rendered a 30 minute video to .avi NTSC-DV through Adobe Media Center. It took 8 hours, 25 minutes. That can’t be right. Can it? In the task manager, the CPUs were running at full capacity. Nothing else was running on the computer.
I captured the video in Premiere Pro CS4. The original audio track was mono so I extracted it to Audition to put it on both tracks and reduce noise. I couldn’t find a way to do that in Premiere Pro CS4 and there is no help or manual. I then put it back in Premiere and rendered it. Am I missing something here?
Thank you,
Clif
My System config.
MSI K8T Master2-FAR
Dual AMD Opteron Processors 244
1.8 GHz.Each, 2.00 GB RAM
Raid 0 220 GB
Second HD, 250 GB Matrox
GeForce 7800 GT Video Card
M-Audio Firewire 410 Audio Card (External)Permiere Pro CS4
Encore CS4
After Effects CS3
Photoshop CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Audition 3.0
If your source was HD, HDV or AVCHD then the time to render is normal. If you chose noise reduction or some other computationally challenging effect, then it is normal.
I appreciate your response,
The source was a standard NTSC DV .avi Premiere capture. No blur but I did use color correction and the audio was changed by adding audio to the right track. Nothing else.
If this is normal, what can I do to speed it up?
Clif Willard
NON ILLIGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
If you applied a color correction to the entire 30 minutes or even a large portion of it, then yes, I can see this taking that long to render. You are not on a very fast system for doing fast renders from the looks of it. I am on a Dual / Dual Core system with 3GB of RAM and I would render something like that at the end of the day when I can have it done in the morning.
Shannon Appleby
My Boyz Productions
J&P Cycles Inc.
Anamosa, Iowa
AVID Xpress Pro, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, PC, NO MAC, BrightcoveI appreciate your info. I think I will do as you suggest for now. I was just surprised that it took so long. The capture was real time. I did not expect rendering to be real time, I know better but 8 1/2 hours seemed a little long. But what is is.
Thanks,
Clif
Clif Willard
NON ILLIGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
It would be worth double-checking that you do not have “noise reduction” turned on as a filter in Media Encoder. It kills rendering time.
-jeff
That sounds like too much time for the render. Are you using 7200rpm drives? Do you have a separate media drive?
I did check and no I did not have any noise effect. I decided to re-do the entire project. When I rendered it through media encoder the second time it took 2 and 1/2 hours. I tried to find the problem in the original but I had to fly blind. I must have set something without knowing it. It really makes me angry that Adobe ships the program without any manual or help file. clearly The web based help is a nightmare and utterly useless. Premiere Pro CS4 is the last program I will purchase from Adobe. A program is useless without a manual. The best online training in the world is not a substitute for a manual with a good index.
I rendered the original captured file through Encore CS4 and it took only 1 hour 32 minutes. The DVD did “stick” on a frame for a short time. Not sure why. Might be timecode error but non were reported during the capture.
Thanks,
Clif
Clif Willard
NON ILLIGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
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