ATI AVIVO - plz help

[Type_R]

Hi guys

Got an ATI X1800XT with AVIVO (obviously!) and am trying to encode some video to play on my ipod.

Now the ATI website says it takes about 5 mins for 30 mins of video...but on my machine its taking 40 mins for 1 hour of video! That from avi --> IPOD Video format.

My rig:
AMD 3500+
1 gb crucial ballistix PC4000
2x74 GB Raptor Drives in RAID 0
ATI X1800XT
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Any ideas, could there be something wrong with my drivers or are ATI just bluffing with those times? thanks.

P.S. its a 512mb card!

 

[Type_R]

Having waited for the encoding to finish..I just played the file and it stuttering like mad!

Any ideas?

 

[FreeStream]

Doing it through CCC like it says on the websites?

 

[Type_R]

Doing it through CCC like it says on the websites?

Yeah switched to basic --> used the wizard --> just uninstalled and reinstalled all ati software...will try again!

 

[Type_R]

Tried again...worked faster but still stuttering image..sound is spot on. Hmm...cant find anything on google...wonder what is going on.

Any ideas?

 

[Type_R]

Right, some more info:

At lowest settings the outputted video is spot on. Smooth and playback good, but video quality poor.

At highest settings ouput video stutters (on 3 comps) and sound is spot on.

Now trying out standard settings..but I think it will stutter too!

A friend of mine encoded the same vid on a powerbook and it is smooth as silk!

Any other encoders people know of that could so the job?

 

[Type_R]

No idea what has changed but all working perfectly now...

Edit> In the meantime decided to try out (and then buy) Intoo mpeg encoder - superb piece of software, easy to use and works about 20x faster than ATI AVIVO and better quality output