convertXtodvd alternative

panyan · 13 Dec 2011 at 21:45

i have been using convert X to dvd for many years

the thing is, even when set on "time critical" conversion, it only uses 20% of the CPU and none of the GPU so i feel im waiting much longer than i need to be

is there something that can make use of the i7 2600, the z68 quicksync?

im hoping for an alternative that can make proper use of the computer so im not waiting as long

panyan · 13 Dec 2011 at 22:15

BigBoy said:
have you set convertX to use all cores? It only take my quad Athlon 20min to convert a 4gb blue ray rip to dvd!

i think so, where would i check?

panyan · 13 Dec 2011 at 22:23

i see conversion priority, which is set to time critical, but nothing about cpu threads or anything

panyan · 13 Dec 2011 at 22:45

BigBoy said:

Genius, thanks, ive set it to 8 and ill test the results another day

panyan · 14 Dec 2011 at 11:47

ok then, ive just done a test conversion with 8 cores selected, it has gotten better, but still not what i want really

The conversion is happening at 5.5x the real fps, but only using 27% of the CPU and most of that is one core

if only there was a program that could max it out, i'd be getting 20x approx

panyan · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:29

jbloggs said:
You might have joy with one of the following:

DVD Flick

Avi2Dvd

Free Video Converter

thanks, ill have a look at these

Stoner81 said:
What type of video are you encoding? MKV's take a lot longer than say AVI due to how they are made and require more time.

they were avi files

Also in your screen shot I see you are only doing a single pass, I would advise to change that to two pass since it will produce better results.

we watch the dvd's on an sdtv, i have tried both before and you couldnt tell the difference so i stick to 1 pass for speed

What is your CPU running at? My i7 930 (1366) runs at 4GHz and I covert a 2 hour AVI movie in about 10 minutes give or take a bit.

i7 2600 is running at stock (non-k version)

Also what version of ConvertXtoDVD are you using? If you are not using the latest version then update it and try again and see if there is a difference.

using the latest

Stoner81.

thanks

panyan · 15 Dec 2011 at 17:54

MPEG-4 (XVID)

Vlc is telling me :confused: