CPU Performance.......

Basically it refers to the process of compressing video files to reduce their file size. Either to fit more of them onto a dvd or just to save harddrive space, legitimate usage includes compressing home movies using video codecs like Xvid or Divx, but most people use them to encode illegally obtained movies and the like.

^I have felt your pain on the Pentium D.

Back to my statement above: Does anyone know of or foresee a program that will be able to edit in a compressed format and thus not need to encode to DVD? Is there one now?

I haven't researched this in about a year. Back then, I couldn't find anything.

illegally obtained? According to whom is it illegal? The movie industry. If they had their way, everything content related would be on a pay per view/listen basis. Im a big proponent of fair use policy, and ripping dvds that I buy and encoding them to h264 is a very legitimate use, and a good excuse to buy a quadcore :]

@firebird, screw the xbox... I have my PC hooked up directly to my TV... and my receiver doesn't have optical input, so the xbox can only do stereo output, while my pc can do 5.1 :]

@BC, can you clarify a little bit? Are you trying to take a compressed source, edit it, and burn it to a dvd?

so what, you have a mpeg2 source... then want to add a 3min uncompressed DV clip without re-encoding the whole thing?

If it only takes 4n min per disk, you must be using some low encoding settings, or just a 1 pass maybe?

Regardless of that. You won't be able to just merge the two files unless they are of the same codec and settings. If they are, you can use Virtual Dub...Just load the first file, then the second with the "File > Append AVI" segment. After that, click video and direct stream copy, than do the same for audio. This will just use the video that is already encoded, and just output the same thing, if you append avi segments (adds them to the end of the current ending), you can string up the video.

Keep in mind, they must use the same codec and settings. If your 40 minutes main file is always the same settings/codec, just make the 3 minute segment the same format/settings. Than you just append them together without the worry of re-encoding.

Hopefully I didn't lose you with this post, if you have any questions, just ask. Kinda hard to put into understandable words unless you know the software/codecs. But yea, my 13 years of video experience has never failed me yet ^_^.

My PC is in my room, while the my roommate's HDTV is in the living room, along with the 360. I re-encode the file and stick in on an external hard drive, connect my roommate's laptop to the 360 and connect the external hard drive to the laptop. Best way I can do for now, I'm sure my new PC will encode much faster.

Kamrooz, thanks for the suggestion. maybe you can help me before I try? From a very brief read through of vitualdub.org I think it only works for avi video? If that is true, then I would have to recode everything before the burn and I'd be stuck where I am at. If this is not so, please let me know and I'll give it a shot. Well, i'll give it a shot any way.

I'll have to double check my settings but i would think that everything should have the same codecs as it was all taken from the same source with the same settings.

sturge33, I haven't played around with dvdshrink in a long time but i'll also give you idea a shot.


OP, sorry -- I didn't mean to hijack the thread

I'm also open to any suggestions. It may take me some time to get to them all but I'll eventually give them a shot if I can afford them. blast, i'll probably have to move to an HD format by the time I find a quick fix for this problem

@BC, yes the virtual dub trick only works with AVI video.

this is the program call "super', it can convert almost all the format.
for people want to check the code of the video, "GSpot" is a good program.
any more information can be find on videohelp.com

My un-knowing parents bought me "Live Free or Die Hard" on Blu-Ray. Well I only have an HD-DVD player.

Im considering downloading the ripped h264 version of teh net, and converting it to a 720p format that I can fit on a dual-layer DVD, and play on my HD-DVD player. But I cant find a program or suite of programs that will pull it off.

Ya think thats legal? I really dont know.

SCREW THE MPAA, RIAA AND ANYONE ELSE THAT TRIES TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH ***MY PURCHASES***.

Now that I got that out of the way.....

Yes, they claim that ripping even a CD that you own to your hard drive is illegal....

Greedy ass litigators.....should all burn in hell.

They need to stop targeting Suzie Single Mom for sharing 20 songs, and go after the geek in his mom's basement with 10TB of MP3s and Movies. They can't get away with this much longer. I'll move to Europe where they tell their recording industry watchdogs to stuff it where the sun don't shine.

On a 3ghz quad core, using something like nero I can encode a 2 hour long movie to nero digital in around 45minutes. However on a laptop with a 1.6ghz core 2 duo, it encodes at the same speed as the movie plays.

So thats real world numbers for you. i am not sure though about the whole which compression scheme you use, I never really used anything other then that. I think nero digital is mpeg 4 though.