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manthing · #1 06-27-2007, 06:04 PM

i did a background motion menu recently
a 4 min clip

dvdlab pro 2 took about an hour to render the motion menu!

so my quesiotn is how long does Ulead DVD Workshop 2 take to do a similar length motion menu?

lordsmurf · #2 06-28-2007, 12:39 AM

DVD Lab was likely doing things it should not, as usual. I'm not a fan of that software. It has a really subpar encoder, whereas DVDWS2 uses the high-grade MainConcept 1.4 engine.

On my computer, a 4-minute menu might take 15-30 minutes of encoding time, for a total of 30-45 minutes of authoring time to create the folder set. Burning, which I do in a separate application (ImgBurn or RecordNow Max) takes abother 15 minutes on a 4x burn.

cp32 · #3 06-28-2007, 03:19 AM

I agree with LS. Switch to Ulead . You ll never look back

Padre2 · #4 06-28-2007, 06:28 AM

On my computer, using TDA v3.0, it takes about 30 minutes to encode a 4 minute motion menu.

Was there anything unusual about the 4 min clip? High bit rate?

manthing · #5 06-28-2007, 07:05 AM

yeah maybe bitrate was a tad high. i'll test out DVDWS2 over the weekend and see for myself. thanks gang.