Compressor time

When I set custom frame controls it makes the transcoding time increase
substantially. I am transcoding a very short clip-21 sec. and not setting
the frame controls to best for everything. Do frame controls indeed increase the transcoding time so significantly.
Thanks

Hey Gadzuks,
wow, you really have your work cut out for you!
my recommendations are either:
A) reject that file, since it really is VERY, VERY difficult to truly de-interlace a file that was shot 29.97 and edited or effects added in 23.98. if that is NOT an option, then:
B) in the mac world, download the the free software called JES Deinterlace and give it a go on that. first create a *.mov that is deinterlaced and THEN import that newly created file into compressor OR in the PC world, download VirtualDUB AND AVIsynth. these 2 tools are very powerful, frame-servers that give you real-time previews of your files. in addition, it has one of the BEST (in my opinion) adaptive deinterlacers out there (and it is free).
like i said, you really have your work cut out for you. not only do you have to deinterlace the 29.97 but you also have to make sure you dont break cadence (from when you outputted from 23.98) to properly deinterlace THAT material.
good luck and i hope that helps some.
Mikey M.

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Compressor times incorrect

I have encoded a 115 minute show at the 120 minute fast and best encodes. The video file alone is too large for a DVD 5. In the description of the setting it says it will allow up to 120 minutes. Regardless of the audio the .m2v is 4.85GB. How is it possible that compressor cannot determine that the file is too large and why put those descriptions if inaccurate rather than just a bit rate calculator.

I'm fairly new to Compressor and still in the mode of seeing what it can do, but I didn't take Apple's presets as "guarantees" or absolutes. I'd have to agree that the description text is perhaps misleading - but only if you insist that that description must be an absolute since Apple put it there.
At the default quality settings, it's quite easy to see that the actual amount of video you could fit on a DVD5 is 94 minutes - quite a bit less than your 115. Unless, of course you're willing to allow a bit more compression. Duplicate the preset you want to change. Click on it in the presets window (the copy will appear at the bottom of the list). In the Inspector window give the "new" preset a meaningful name (just remove the word "copy" and add something else there). Tab to the description field and replace the description with your own.
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Hi all,
Apologies if I'm the millionth person to ask this, or something similar here! I have searched all over before asking, including the archives here.
Until today my compressor rendered out fine.. i'm converting 1080p ProRes to 720p MP4 for use on the web. For a project running a few mins long, Compressor took roughly 45 mins to produce the file.
Now, it's saying it will take 40 hours. I haven't changed -anything- except I made a small re-cut in my video (but rendered it before exporting in FCP) and I've bumped up the audio bitrate a little bit.
this happened once before, but I attributed it to the fact I was trying to render out from a USB 2 scratch disk (which I knew wasn't recommended).
anyway, there are lots of threads in this forum in which people mentioned slow compressor times, what fixes are there?
Best,
Chris

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I am compressing two rather large QT files, total run time about 3 hours and 30 minutes. As this is going from FCP to DVD Studio Pro and I am working on my powerbook, the compressor times are quite long, roughly the realtime for the videos. It would be quicker if I used the fast encoding or went to mpeg 1. As this is a meeting, not a broadcast piece is the degradation of quality noticable as this is a new client and though speed is important, quality is more so.

Sorry but don't get your point. What is your specific question?
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The format of my source clips is an ugly blend, as I used 3 different cameras to capture the footage. It was a wedding, shot with 2 panasonic cameras outputting DVCPRO HD 720p60 960x720, and one canon 7D doing close-ups and pickup shots, outputting apple prores 422 at 1080x1920. However, I transcoded all of the prores clips ahead of time, into the same codec and dimensions as the others.
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