daflye
09-21-2004, 05:05 PM
This may be more a poll than a subject, but here goes it...
Based on your system (processor, ram, program,and settings) about how long does it take to convert 1 hour of DV to MPEG2?
For MPEG2 I'm setting for 2pass VBR (4-7mb) and leaving the audio alone as aiff.
My slow set up is as follows:
Powerbook G4 550mhz 1gig Ram - I use 2 external, FW400 7200rpm LaCie drives for editing and compressing. I've found that writing from one physical drive (not partitions on the same disk) to another speeds things up a little. But...
For me to convert 1hr of DV to MPEG2 takes 10-11hrs(Oye!), using Quicktime because it seems a bit faster than compressor, and I'm not batching. *It's killing me now that I actually have a few things going on. I know steeping up to a dual G5 will save me untold hours but I'm trying to stay mobile. I'm also trying to avoid buying a new 1.5ghz Powerbook until after the January product releases hit.
So, basically I'm just curious, and trying to get a bunch of numbers in one place. Browsing the posts, I've found some times, but I'm looking to "chart" conversion times vs systems/software and weigh mobile vs. power. I know this is a bit general, and lots of things within ones video footage can affect compression times, but let's think color and lot's of action/movement/background changes.
I'm going to stop before I ramble, but you get the idea.
Thanks for any feedback whatsoever in advance.
D :-/
Based on your system (processor, ram, program,and settings) about how long does it take to convert 1 hour of DV to MPEG2?
For MPEG2 I'm setting for 2pass VBR (4-7mb) and leaving the audio alone as aiff.
My slow set up is as follows:
Powerbook G4 550mhz 1gig Ram - I use 2 external, FW400 7200rpm LaCie drives for editing and compressing. I've found that writing from one physical drive (not partitions on the same disk) to another speeds things up a little. But...
For me to convert 1hr of DV to MPEG2 takes 10-11hrs(Oye!), using Quicktime because it seems a bit faster than compressor, and I'm not batching. *It's killing me now that I actually have a few things going on. I know steeping up to a dual G5 will save me untold hours but I'm trying to stay mobile. I'm also trying to avoid buying a new 1.5ghz Powerbook until after the January product releases hit.
So, basically I'm just curious, and trying to get a bunch of numbers in one place. Browsing the posts, I've found some times, but I'm looking to "chart" conversion times vs systems/software and weigh mobile vs. power. I know this is a bit general, and lots of things within ones video footage can affect compression times, but let's think color and lot's of action/movement/background changes.
I'm going to stop before I ramble, but you get the idea.
Thanks for any feedback whatsoever in advance.
D :-/