hi! like many threads ive read here, i too have been lurking for a while and finally have a reason to start my own thread! i cannot over state how much this site has helped me! i am interested in finding the most *stable* apps for dvd authoring. i have gotten very used to using 'convertX...' on my workhorse machine, and i love it. but i have noticed that it is prone to small errors if the processor is stressed during the encode. (i must admit i never understood why. i dont see why it cant just take a little longer to encode. its just math. theres no 'live stream' like when burning... ) anyway i am replacing the burner on my web machine. so i am keen to encode/burn on that one also! however, it is a pitiful 1.8ghz p4, 1GB ram, and constantly using about 250mb of that with the bandwidth maxed out. so, does there exist an avi->dvd encoder that can operate without being affected by this? and, if this isnt the wrong forum, even a burner that could be trusted to burn data in these conditions? i havent tried testing burning with data verification on on this machine, but i suspect the results would not be reliable... am i wrong? fyi, right now i use convertxtodvd and nero on the monster box and have had no problems for a loooong time. i appreciate hearing what anyone thinks about doing this.... thanks!
ImgBurn is a real stable small overhead piece of burning software. As far as an authoring app, the only one I've used is FAVC, and it works fine on this 1.6GHz Athlon64 with 512 MB RAM.
hi. so do you do other things on your pc while encoding? i can get away with encoding a few files at once, but itll max out the cpu and if i do anything else it *has* given me tiny errors in the encoding. i will check out imgburn for sure. it seems like the lowest overhead, simplest burning app is prolly the best. i think im just gonna have to test some combos out. id really like to be able to reliably burn data on this too... anyone else have experiences with this? ive always assumed everyone else left their pc alone while encoding, just like with burning, to minimize errors... maybe ive been mistaken? thanks for any suggs!
Encoding is a very CPU intensive app and most encoders will max out the processor. I find some of them don't 'play fair' and allow multi-tasking. Never had errors from it though. FAVC uses your choice of QuEnc or HCenc. QuEnc does play fair and I can surf and or listen to music while it works.
cool. i will have to give it a go and see what happens! thanks for the advice teddy! good to hear it first hand!
I've found Xilisoft avi-to-dvd to be a good choice in converting the avi to an iso image. As far as multi-tasking while the encoding is going on you may want to just let them encode overnight unless you can let the program do its job and not use up a lot of it's resources.
cool. i use some other xilisoft stuff, but ive never tried that encoder. i will certainly give it a go. their other stuff has been really useful. ive been diggin around for a bit now, and im kind of surprised there isnt any video software designed like this. it seems most encoders are designed to gobble up as much ram as you give them, and encode as fast as possible. what im looking for is actually the opposite i guess. an app that you can allot a small bit of ram to, and allow it to take as long as it needs to encode. it seems logical to me to think that an app built like that could be made VERY stable, and not have the encoding affected by multi-tasking. too bad i cant write software! thanks for the suggestion!
Cucusoft MPEG to DVD Author No problems,and straightforward user interface. Freeware too. I only think it converts mpeg files though. Gives a bup vob and ifo file for each encoding, which you just burn to DVD in a VIDEO_TS folder. DVD Flick encodes burns,or can create a disc image. Stronly reccomended.
