DVD Burn Time
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viperfour
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A lot depends on the computer system you are using and how much effects such as transitions and ect you have in your video. The more effects such as transitions and such, the longer time it will take. Of course the length of the video is also a consideration.
My P4 1.7 takes upto 4+ hours to do some videos using Premiere Pro 1.5, but I kinda expect that since my computer is not exactly the fastest anymore. I also had 512 meg ram but recently upgraded to 1 gig, but I don't know if that will help reduce the times as I have not exported to DVD using APP 1.5 since my upgrade.
What are the specs on your computer?
Dave
My P4 1.7 takes upto 4+ hours to do some videos using Premiere Pro 1.5, but I kinda expect that since my computer is not exactly the fastest anymore. I also had 512 meg ram but recently upgraded to 1 gig, but I don't know if that will help reduce the times as I have not exported to DVD using APP 1.5 since my upgrade.
What are the specs on your computer?
Dave
andybiz_2005
Well-known member
Hi all,
Well, I do agree that it takes an extremely long time to burn direct to DVD in Adobe Premiere.
Here is a log of how long it took to render one of my editted videos :
Total running time of full-length video : 1hr:38min:49sec:09fr
Time Start : 11:21pm 14 Jan 2005
Time Stop : 6:22am 15 Jan 2005
Total Hours : 7 hours
The long render time is dependent on :
1) How long the edited video is
2) How many transistions there are........though this doesn't really contribute much to the render time
3) How many background songs you put into the time line as the computer has to not only render the video, but the audio as well. I think the biggest speed killer is the audio, esp if it's captured at 48KHz
4) How fast your :
a) PC's CPU is
b) How much is your RAM (Memory)
c) How fast your harddisk rotates at.
To render video, the CPU takes most of the rendering load, but you also need a lot of RAM because a large memory helps to speed things up. How fast or slow the graphics card doesn't play any part in the rendering time. Just like in rendering 3D, only the CPU, RAM & harddisk are the main factors for how long a render takes.
Also, if your harddisk is quite cluttered up, you might want to do a defragmentation to organise all the files neatly on the harddisk. This will enable the harddisk's read head seek for files faster as they're not scattered all over the harddisk & thereby saving time.
I used an AMD Athlon 64 1.8GHz with 2GB DDR2 RAM & an IDE harddisk to render the above video. But still it took 7 long hours.
Perhaps it takes a long time to render a video to DVD, but I can assure you that the quality of the DVD will be very very good as I have found out many times b4.
Hope this helps.
Andrew
Well, I do agree that it takes an extremely long time to burn direct to DVD in Adobe Premiere.
Here is a log of how long it took to render one of my editted videos :
Total running time of full-length video : 1hr:38min:49sec:09fr
Time Start : 11:21pm 14 Jan 2005
Time Stop : 6:22am 15 Jan 2005
Total Hours : 7 hours
The long render time is dependent on :
1) How long the edited video is
2) How many transistions there are........though this doesn't really contribute much to the render time
3) How many background songs you put into the time line as the computer has to not only render the video, but the audio as well. I think the biggest speed killer is the audio, esp if it's captured at 48KHz
4) How fast your :
a) PC's CPU is
b) How much is your RAM (Memory)
c) How fast your harddisk rotates at.
To render video, the CPU takes most of the rendering load, but you also need a lot of RAM because a large memory helps to speed things up. How fast or slow the graphics card doesn't play any part in the rendering time. Just like in rendering 3D, only the CPU, RAM & harddisk are the main factors for how long a render takes.
Also, if your harddisk is quite cluttered up, you might want to do a defragmentation to organise all the files neatly on the harddisk. This will enable the harddisk's read head seek for files faster as they're not scattered all over the harddisk & thereby saving time.
I used an AMD Athlon 64 1.8GHz with 2GB DDR2 RAM & an IDE harddisk to render the above video. But still it took 7 long hours.
Perhaps it takes a long time to render a video to DVD, but I can assure you that the quality of the DVD will be very very good as I have found out many times b4.
Hope this helps.
Andrew
andybiz_2005
Well-known member
Hi viperfour,
Thanks for such a nice complement.......you're welcome. Well, I was just chipping in my 2 cents worth
Andrew
Thanks for such a nice complement.......you're welcome. Well, I was just chipping in my 2 cents worth
Andrew
andybiz_2005
Well-known member
Hehe, well, thanks viperfour & jlames for your encouraging comments. Well, other poeple in this forum have also been very very helpful to me in clearing up my doubts. So, I'm returning their favour
milvid
Well-known member
Looking at your system specs...It's time to upgrade!!! I would say at least a 3.2gb hyperthreaded Intel or at least an AMD 3500. I personally have the AMD 4000 with 2gb of ram. And I will soon be going to RAID0 fir the hard drives. It works well. Also, if and when you upgrade get at least 2 gb of dual channel ram if not 3gb. This will help a lot.
Like the earlier post said,"the processor and ram affect the render time." So I would get the fastest cpu and the most memory I could afford. Don't forget about RAID0.
Hope this helps
Like the earlier post said,"the processor and ram affect the render time." So I would get the fastest cpu and the most memory I could afford. Don't forget about RAID0.
Hope this helps