Export to DVD – EXTREMELY SLOW !!!!!!! – Why ????

[Steve Freebairn]

If you meant the Inspiron 9300, then that means that you are using at max a Pentium M 2Ghz processor with 533MHZ FSB without HT. Premiere runs on equipment like yours, but doesn’t run very fast. Note the 3 GHZ recommended speed on the System requirements. Adobe Media Encoder AKA MainConcept’s mpg encoder uses Hyper Threading, so that is a second reason why it is slow. If you don’t have to run it on a laptop, then don’t. Since laptops usually have slower hard drives, slower videocards, and slower processors (especially if it isn’t plugged in and it is using speedstep to save battery.) To make it faster, close any other open programs, plug it into wall power, and give it more processor. If you meant a different system than I though, then only some of the above info might apply. Good Luck.

[Joe Landau]

Thanks for your response.
Yes, it is an Inspiron 9300.
After about 4 hours, the program finally reached the point where the “Overall Process” reached the max. However, it is stuck there and nothing happens. “Current Task Progress” indicates

[Steve Freebairn]

As for why the process is stopping at that point, I do not know. I’m sorry that you wre led to believe that a laptop would be great for multimedia, dollar for dollar, no laptop can compete with a desktop because Size and Portability are what laptops are all about. If you wait long enough some genious here on the cow will probably be able to tell you how to fix it. My only thought is to make sure all of your drivers are current.

[Aanarav Sareen]

Steve,
Your analysis of Pentium M vs. Pentium 4 is incorrect. I have a Pentium M 2.0 processor and it is faster than my Pentium 4 3.2ghz w/HT processor. Also, there are certain laptops such as the Inspiron 9300 that are much more powerful or equivalent to desktops. If you have sometime, I would reccomend taking a look at a few benchmarks.

Joe,
Reduce the quality slider down to 3 and it will drastically reduce your rendering time, without reducing the quality.

Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro
https://www.asvideoproductions.com/video

[Aaron]

https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330380.html

I think I had the same problem. The above solution by Adobe solved my issues.

Hope this helps.

[Steve Freebairn]

Aanarav, can you post a link to some of these benchmarks? I’m always interested in finding out what has the most speed. I know that the Pentium M processor is quite powerful, even more powerful ghz for ghz than the p4 because of the Netburst architecture, but the only benchmarks where I’ve seen a Pentium M beat a P4 is when the Pentium M is highly overclocked. Anyway, can you post a link so I can update my info? Thanks

[Aanarav Sareen]

Steve,
Researching a bit. But, here is an older article which was written prior to the release of the current Pentium M processor with the Sonoma chipset:
https://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=gmso&page=1

Let me find the other ones.

Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certified Expert, Premiere Pro
https://www.asvideoproductions.com/video

[Tim Kurkoski]

The unasked questions:

1. What kind (format) of footage is in the timeline? AVI, MPEG, JPEG, etc.
2. What effects, transitions, etc. are applied to the footage?

[Joe Landau]

1. The clips are all AVI files (5 of them) that I generated from other Pro projects.
2. There are 4 transitions – Cross Dissolve.
That’s it. Couldn’t be simpler !!!
Thx