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Premiere Export to DVD Excessive Transcoding Time
How long should a 50 minute sequence take to transcode at 7 MB/Sec? Is the speed a function of RAM or processor speed, or both? A 30 minute program took about 40 minutes at 4 MB/sec. This longer project is going on 2 1/2 hours. I just need to know what’s normal.
Also, My Sony VIAO has the Windows XP with the Media Center installed. Could that potentially cause problems with any of the Adobe applications?
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What are the specs of your computer? And yes, PPRO does have exceptionally long export times for DVD encoding. If you have Encore, I would use that.
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I’ve exported to DVD 15, 30 and 60 minute sequences. The longest is 60 minutes to keep the resolution high, and it always take a very long time. I’d say easily 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours for a 60 minute show. But those have been screeners from HDV timelines, so I think that has a lot to do with it.
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The default “quality” setting in the encoder’s advanced settings is 5. Change it to 3 and the encode times drop dramatically…close to real time on a 3.0 P4 ht. Any effects added to clips can cause long encode times, especially color correction and blur.
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Thanks. I feel better about the transcode time. But, the machine is slowing down as I get further into the project. Windows take a while to open up, etc. I was wondering what on my computer is slowing it down.
Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz, 1 Gig RAM should perform better. Is there still aproblem with XP service pack 2, or the Sony Media Center? I do have Norton Internet Security installed. Disabling it doesn’t help. -
And also, my performance settings are set for ‘Best for Programs’
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How big is your project? Do you have a lot of raw footage? Any filters?
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Aanarav,
It took over twoo hours for a 54 minute sequence. There are no filters. Just a few short titles over one video track and one audio track. I made it simple so that I could export direct to DVD.
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Aanarav, I also trimmed the project so that I could eliminate the excess raw footage from my hard drive, then I de-fragged.
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