It's taking FOREVER to encode to mpeg2

Videogalnc

Newbie Location: North Carolina Joined: Nov 29, 2011 19:01 Messages: 48 Offline

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May 03, 2012 19:31

I started a project and imported via firewire into PD. I saved an mpeg2 file. Later I imported this mpeg2 file back into PD and started editing transitions and also some power tool video corrections. It's 14 mins long and after an hour it still had not encoded to mpeg2. When I tried to go ahead and burn a dvd.... I found out 20% of my editing was not rendered. Question......what is the quickest way to render or if you could step me thru the process of saving edited work as an mpeg2. Should I be importing firewire from camera and save on harddrive then import into PD or import directly into PD? Any tips you can give me would be much appreciated. Tks
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BarryTheCrab

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May 03, 2012 19:43

Always save firewire transfers to hard-drive, as should be happening in PD.
Can you attach a screenshot of your timeline?

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jerrys

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May 03, 2012 19:47

I think I know what your question is. I'm having to fill in a lot of blanks.

When you load clips into the media room, and put them into the timeline, the files themselves aren't moved. All PD has are pointers to the files' locations. They aren't "in" PD.

If your clips aren't on your hard drive, then whatever external device they are on has to be continuously available.

This might not be causing your problem, but from the way you phrased your question I thought you might not understand this.

As for why the rendering isn't completing, if the files are on you hard drive I don't have an answer readily to hand. Jerry Schwartz

Carl312

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May 03, 2012 20:25

You said you saved a Mpeg2 file.

Should I be importing firewire from camera and save on harddrive then import into PD or import directly into PD? Any tips you can give me would be much appreciated. Tks

Yes, you should save the imported video to the hard drive. Then import that video file into PD.

1. where did you save that file to?
2. Did you play that saved file in a video player, VLC or Windows Media Player/

3. "Power tool video corrections". Try your render without the Power tool Corrections.

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Videogalnc

Newbie Location: North Carolina Joined: Nov 29, 2011 19:01 Messages: 48 Offline

May 04, 2012 10:20

Thanks everyone for your quick responses. Busy this weekend but will take a look come Monday morning.

Barb Barb

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10GB Ram, Nvidia Geforce-550Ti
1.5 T & 500GB HD
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
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