does it really take 23 HOURS to burn a 2 hour movie with iDVD???? - Mac-Forums.com

rocksteadyvybes · 03-29-2008, 06:26 PM

This cannot be possible.

First of all, I used HandBrake to get the movie onto my computer....which takes 2-3 hours.

I used iDVD to set it up yada yada yada.....i set it as "Professional" for encoding....but 23 HOURS?!?!?!?!!?!?

This can't be right.

The movie file is an .mp4, which handbrake used as the default.

....should I not be using mp4s? is that why its taking so long? should I convert it to something else??

What can I do to make this NOT take a full day?

AlyciaAnimation · 03-29-2008, 06:37 PM

First, what are the specs of your computer?

Also do you have other applications open? It would probably help if you quit everything but idvd.

I'm not an iDVD expert, so maybe someone else will know about better encoding options that would be faster.

rocksteadyvybes · 03-29-2008, 07:44 PM

Brand new macbook, 2 GB ram, no other programs running....it really shouldnt be this hard!

I'm going to try the "high quality" encoding as opposed to the "professional" (which i was using) and see if that makes a difference

Does anyone know if I need to find a program that can rip the movie into a lower quality (smaller) file tthan mp4? is that the problem? that im trying to burn an mp4?

rocksteadyvybes · 03-29-2008, 07:47 PM

HandBrake also lets me use AVI as a choice. Should I rip movies as AVIs instead? would that make a difference?

AlyciaAnimation · 03-29-2008, 08:08 PM

You could try, but I honestly don't think it'll handle AVIs better than mp4. From what I've been finding the encoding process seems to be long. It all depends on your processor speed.

It has to encode the movie to mpeg 2. Is that an option in handbrake? I would try that over the avi theory.

louishen · 03-29-2008, 08:15 PM

I use mactheripper to rip the dvd

then Toast to burn the disc, it doesn't take that long even on my old G4

rocksteadyvybes · 03-29-2008, 08:16 PM

Is Toast free or would I have to buy that? Where can i DL it?

louishen · 03-29-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rocksteadyvybes

Is Toast free or would I have to buy that? Where can i DL it?

No it is commercial software, but well worth the price since it can burn just about any format - made by Roxio

rocksteadyvybes · 03-30-2008, 11:09 AM

Does it burn any type of format so that it can be viewed on a DVD player?

Knale · 03-30-2008, 11:51 PM

I am not what you would call experienced with iDVD.
I have transfered Mini DV movies into iMovie, made a movie project using the large setting then burned them with iDVD using the professional quality setting. In my cases, it usually took about double what the length of the iMovie project was.
I am using an iMac 2.4 with 4 gig of ram.

I am guessing you are trying to encode and burn something that may be a little more demanding than some Mini DV footage, but maybe more RAM would help.