What can I do to speed up burning and rendering time. It is taking over 12 hours to burn a 1Hr 10min DVD and it's at 86% finished?
173583
Rendering video is a very CPU-intensive process and requires a pretty high-end computer, depending on the scale of the project. To lessen the rendering time, make sure you close out all other applications and processes on your computer (CTRL-ALT-DEL and tab over to "Processes" to find some background stuff that doesn't need to be running, like Java applets or Apple helpers). Leave your computer idle and do not attempt to use another program while video is rendering. You can also lower the file size of the video by decreasing its resolution. If none of the above make significant changes, you may just need a better computer.
925106
i've been using this system for burning dvd's for over two years now. what is really great ( at least for me) is that when i have the info to a cd or dvd, i can then make a duplicate very fast. i do a lot of different record keeping for members of my family. i do the recording in - super long play - mode. this gives me 8 hours and 7 minutes of play-back on each dvd. and i can make that copy in less than 20 minutes. with no hands on other than initial set-up. that's really exciting. hope this helps --- jim
914116
Check the light scribe site and make sure the drivers and software are installed properly. I had the same problem but now I'm burning custom discs with awesome templates from their site. Also stick a light scribe DVD in the drive upside down and see if it opens the lights drive automatically.
1163047
I think you only render once i havent tried to make a dvd. But when i go to render the video it has different ways of rendering, also when you first start the project it asks you what kind of movie will it be. Whether its dvd online or personal etc.
1616564
It takes about 5 minutes really. Go to youtube and look up tutorials. Super easy and great upgrade.
2184891
i donot keep my machine on all the time. when i use it is the only time it is on .it takes about 1 hour to melt wax right.
736708
Yes, way too long for DVD-burning! I was surprised they only included the ultilities & driver DVD and we had to burn the rest. I'd have preferred a straight-forward Win 7 64-bit Premium DVD over creating 4 restore DVD's I'll never use (and if I did, it wipes the partition and sets it up to factory settings.)
1224861
My experience is that if you try to burn digital media at the quoted maximum speed, you are probably pushing the limits of the manufacturer's quality control standards, especially if your burner came from a different manufacturer. I back off a little, so I'm burning 16X discs at 12X recording speed. Doing that, I've been able to get 100% success rate with about 8 spindles of this particular media.
182335
I would just rest day six then on day seven do the video for the tenth time and the. Move on to the next dvd. That's what I've been doing. Hopefully this helps
1874557
I have not had any problems with them at all. Most of the problems that I have are with the program that you are using to burn with. Windows is not good for burning for me. There are faster & easier programs to use if you just search, of course, it's a tedious task. For under 2 hours I use a program called Converter Lite, but have not had really good luck with the programs above 2 hours. Sometimes, this program will go above 2 hours but not very often.....
613485
actually you can burn faster if your DVD writer supports it. I can burn at 6x on my Pioneer drive.
1846662
I have not copied dvds yet..but cds are MUCH faster. I would assume the same would apply for dvds.
2117820
Just make sure its a dvd + R with at least 120 minutes on it. Hope this helps you.
1522420
I have used several: DVD FAB, Nero 11 and several iso burners. The only thing I tried that failed completely was the Windows burner. It is an absolute bust at Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray burning is a real resource hog I am using win7, quad core running at 3.2Ghz and 8 Gig of RAM and when burning I still can't do anything else.
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My guess its something called "over compression", which can happen in a few places in the process of burning a DVD. The first place that over compression can happen is when your video is directly exported from the video editor. I do not know what type of software you are using, but most editors use MPEG-2 compression as an export to then burn onto a DVD. If you are using a different compression format then your over pixelation could be occurring before your video even hits the DVD burner for its compression. I might suggest that you track down the original movie file that is compressed before it hits your DVD burner and see what it looks like before continuing (it should be a file somewhere on your computer that you can play). The second problem of over compression could be occurring at the DVD level. If you are trying to cram lets say two or more hours of video onto a single layer DVD, then it could be super over compressing in order to fit it onto the disk, causing the pixelation problems that you are having. So.. check your initial compressed video before it hits the DVD to be burned and check to see if its pixelated.... if its OK then more than likely its being over compressed at the DVD compression stage. PS: If you are already starting out with some type of crappy compressed file as your original footage, then compressing it again twice to get it onto a DVD disk could also cause pixelation... good luck.
321477
Try turning off the LCD and changing the drive mode to continuous. I did this and the flash recycle time is about 4 sec.
1989638
When recording anything more than a 5-10 minutes, I need to let it "warm up" by first recording some throw-away content for about one to two times the length of time of what I ultimately need to record. But after it is warmed up, it is fine indefinitely (or until I run out of disk space).