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Should it take this long to encode a movie??

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I wanted to try Handbrake so I copied a DVD to my MBP using iDVD (or iMovie) and copied it to a DVD-RW using Handbrake. It took Handbrake about 2-3 hours to encode before copying to the disk. Is this normal?? I have 2.13 C2D with 512 RAM. The file size was about 1GB. I checked activity monitor and Handbrake was only using %50.
 
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fleurya said:
I wanted to try Handbrake so I copied a DVD to my MBP using iDVD (or iMovie) and copied it to a DVD-RW using Handbrake. It took Handbrake about 2-3 hours to encode before copying to the disk. Is this normal?? I have 2.13 C2D with 512 RAM. The file size was about 1GB. I checked activity monitor and Handbrake was only using %50.
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did it take two or three hours? two seems about right.. three seems a bit high..

I rip dvd's a lot with handbrake and it takes me 1.5-2 hours for a gig..

I use a Powerbook G4 1.67 ghz with 2 gigs of ram.

hope this helps.
 
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That timeframe is about normal for Handbrake. It does take quite a long time to encode.
 
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Alot also depends on your other encoding settings. MP4 will take about 2-3 hours generally while H.264 will take 5-6. Now on my G5 H.264 (which is how I always encode) would have take almost a whole day to complete sometimes.
 
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on my c2d macbook, iDVD normally takes me about 3-5 hours from start to finish to put an avi file (from 500Mb to 1G) on a dvd (encoding and burning).

so i'd guess that number is pretty average.
 
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fleurya said:
...to my MBP using... I have 2.13 C2D with 512 RAM.
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I don't think so. That machine does not exist, unless it is a pre-release version.

You should go to your profile and enter you proper machine specs, then you don't have to enter them into your messages.
 
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Sorry, 2.16. just got the numbers crossed between that and the 2.33

Well, that stinks about the length of time. I suppose if I want to do any major encoding, I could run it overnight.

Is there any way to pause encoding if necessary??
 
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I got the processes turned around. Copying the Movie onto my MBP took about 2 hours, but I think writing the movie onto another disc using iDVD took more than 3 hours!
 
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how do u use apple idvd or imovie to put a dvd i bought on my computer
 

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