Whats the average time to convert DVD to divx/xvid?

Question

Just a curious questions i just downloaded and purchased DVDFab becuase magic dvd didnt give good quality, so i decided to do a second conversion on the same movie for some reason it has been going for now 4 hours and still on 1st pass still shows frame rate fluxuating but progress bar at 100% and hasnt switch to second pass, any ideas, either i can cancel it or maybe its just there is alot of detials, any help would be great

Answer 1

The conversion time depends on many variables. Resolution, bit rate, # of passes, CPU speed, etc. It's hard to give you definitive answer. Frame rate can give you some indication though. If a two hour movie has a normal frame rate of 25 - 30 frames per second, that would be 180000 - 216000 frames (2 hours x 60 minutes x 60 seconds x 25 FPS = 180000). At a 15 FPS conversion rate, a two pass conversion should take 6.6 to 8 hours to complete.

Answer 2

d**n, that is way to long for a movie. I use ConvertX and it takes about 20- 30min. depending on the size of the movie, but it has neer taken that long.

Answer 3

There are many variables:

Size of DVD (is it DVD-9? 4.7GB...etc?)

What kind of processor do you have.

What quality you are saving to in DIVX

What resolution (720x480???)

It can take hours and hours...not out of the norm.

Answer 4

There is no rough average conversion time, this all depends on the type of processor, the programs support for dual/quad core enhancements, and last but not least the encoding bitrate of the video.  I never use pay for play encoding programs because they often neglect showing you the important technical information (frame details at the moment of pass change).  The difference in chips is critical, it takes about 2 and a half hours for the AMD X2 64 to run a pass at 1mbps it takes about an hour less to run a pass on my other laptop (Core 2 Duo 800Mhz FSB and 1.8Ghz) takes about 1 and a half hours.

Answer 5

preeeeetty sure thats illegal.

EDIT: i looked it up on whatisillegalandwhatisnt.com and it said it was indeed illegal! sorry! you lost!

Answer 6

its crashed mate, 4 hours is average for a dvd to divx