burning dvd time??

lpool2k05

I just bought a dvd burner!its an emperex dvd-+r/rw external dvd burner 8x

My problem is this...I downloaded a film there last week!its an mpeg and it was 789mbs...so i decided to try out my burner using the nero software..everything went fine apart from it took 4hrs 32mins to burn the film onto a blank dvd-r.Now i may be wrong but i taut it may take half and hour not 4and a half hrs...I have a brand new dell pc 2 so its not the pc..

Do they usually take that long...it was transcoding for most of it..

anyone any help on dis?how long does it take u?

thanx in advance

RicardoSmith

lpool2k05 wrote:

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Do they usually take that long...it was transcoding for most of it..
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It would depend on the drive and the PC. But encoding DVD's takes hours.

is_that_so

Have heard of people just leaving it overnight. Having loads of RAM will also serve you well.

Mutant_Fruit

Converting from one video format to another always takes time. The more mhz you have the better in that scenario. The actual burning process should take about 10 minutes if you do it at 8x, or 20 mins if you burn at 4x.

Rabies

It was only 789mb. Could you not have edited it a little bit and put it on a CD instead

NotMe

Yeah I usually leave dvds overnight to burn. And definately use VCD for movies < 800MB. It's quicker and cheaper.

Chad ghostal

It depends on your pc, but it takes me roughly 2/3 hrs to transcode and burn a dvd from 700mb Xvid movies i've made. i've amd3400 and gig of ram. It also depends on what program your using,
what the program is trying to do, etc etc...

If you just simply wanted to burn the movie(encoded as something else) onto DVD then it shouldnt take any more than 20 minutes, depending on the dvd drive..

Mutant_Fruit

Actually, by any chance was it an SVCD or VCD? Cos if it was, just load up nero, and choose "SVCD" as the cd type you want to create, and you won't have to reconvert, and you'll fit 800mb of data on the disc....

dunco

hi

you could try Winavi for transcoding for me it takes 45 min to transcode a 750mb avi to dvd then 10 min to burn

lpool2k05

dunco wrote:

hi

you could try Winavi for transcoding for me it takes 45 min to transcode a 750mb avi to dvd then 10 min to burn

thanx for the replies

where can i get the Winavi program??

Creamy Goodness

cremo does google search for "winavi"

cremo hits google i'm feeling lucky button

ohh what's this on google cremo says

what site did google bring cremo too?

http://www.winavi.com/

Mutant_Fruit

So, this google thing? Is this new? I've never heard of google before? I hear its some kind of a search engine.

Could this be the answer to life, the universe and everything (look at that link!).

EDIT: Also look up "french military victories" and click on "i'm feeling lucky", and "weapons of mass destruction", for some truly hilarious results :P

Creamy Goodness

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

EDIT: Also look up "french military victories" and click on "i'm feeling lucky", and "weapons of mass destruction", for some truly hilarious results :P

ahahahahahah that french one is the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life