compression and set up questions?

[unclebubbies]

Thanks for all the help. I will do a test real soon and hopefully no more questions!

[unclebubbies]

ok back to one of my original questions. I back up the disc using "Full Disc" to my hdd with no compression (50gb). Then I open that file in the source menu of dvdfab. I then compress it to the target menu. If I "target" the same file I get a prompt that says "this file already exists do you want to overwrite it?"
If I say yes than my original back up to the hdd no longer is usable. If I say no nothing happens. Don't I have to type in and name another folder to compress to 25 gb? If that's not right please advise what I am to do.

[maineman]

You speak in absolutes.

No you don't have to target the same file path, but you can if you wish.
If you prefer to retain the original, then simply target a new location.

You don't have to do one as opposed to the other; it depends what you want.
You can have multiple files of the same movie in various stages of compression or formats, but you don't have to

Hope this helps

[DiabloZoe]

ok back to one of my original questions. I back up the disc using "Full Disc" to my hdd with no compression (50gb). Then I open that file in the source menu of dvdfab. I then compress it to the target menu. If I "target" the same file I get a prompt that says "this file already exists do you want to overwrite it?"
If I say yes than my original back up to the hdd no longer is usable. If I say no nothing happens. Don't I have to type in and name another folder to compress to 25 gb? If that's not right please advise what I am to do.

The result in retaining the 2 files will be 60 to 70gb of space used as opposed to 15 to 23 gb of space for just the 1 file. It's up to use as mainman has stated. Saving the full disc is not equal to having the original disc, if you have issues or want to change something you might still need the original disc.

[ernielee]

ok back to one of my original questions. I back up the disc using "Full Disc" to my hdd with no compression (50gb). Then I open that file in the source menu of dvdfab. I then compress it to the target menu. If I "target" the same file I get a prompt that says "this file already exists do you want to overwrite it?"
If I say yes than my original back up to the hdd no longer is usable. If I say no nothing happens. Don't I have to type in and name another folder to compress to 25 gb? If that's not right please advise what I am to do.

Yes you can type a new name I just add BD25 at the end of file name.
Like this "TRANFORMERS_BD25"

[unclebubbies]

Lets try this again:
My main goal is to burn a back up of a 50 gb disc to a 25 gb disc.
Most times just a "main movie" backup. But once in a blue moon a "Full movie" backed up to a bd25 disc.
Step 1) Back up full movie to the hdd
Step 2) Use hdd file in the source option and target the blank 25gb disc
Doing this I can back up a "main movie" usually with no compression and no problem. Good copy and write time. BUT whenever compression is involved(no matter if its "Full disc" or "Main movie" there is some serious time used to compress (sometimes 8 to 11 hours). I guess with my system that's what i have to live with unless someone can direct me to a better solution?

[Complication]

I guess with my system that's what i have to live with unless someone can direct me to a better solution?

You hit the nail on the head. It is basically a great deal of math for your processor. The only way to help is by getting better hardware. Some people have reported good results with a new video card that supports CUDA. However, given your 8-10 hour time frame, I'm guessing that you have an older PC that may not be able to completely keep up with (or even install) a high-end video card.

Sorry, with Blu-ray video compression you have ventured into an area where processing power is the name of the game.

[maineman]

Follow DiabloZoe's advice in post #3 and chances are this is going to optimize your compression times.

As already stated, your rig is on the slow side. Nothing personal here, no criticism intended, but it is what it is.
It does seem a bit long though, even for your rig.

If you want to post the logs as you compress and burn to a BD25, we'll be glad to have a look and if possible, offer more specific suggestions.

//Edit
Oops, slow again, but at least I'm consistent...

[unclebubbies]

Just back from a little vacation. Here what my system is again. I know its slow but don't have the cash to upgrade to a new computer. Also here's the log for a movie that took about 55 minutes to back up to my hdd. Then took 7hours to compress and write. Any advise that can speed up the compression process would be appreciated! I know the media used is not recommended but it's what i have right now. Writing's not my issue. Compression time is.
I am running: Windows Vista Home Premium with a Amd Athlon(tm) Dual Core
Processor 4050e. It has 3.00 GB Ram and Graphic card:NVIDIA GeForce 6150se nForse 430. My writer is a LG Wh10ls30 with the lastest firmware update installed. I have 200 gb of free space on my hard drive. I have latest version of DvdFab blu ray copy installed.
2011-07-06 05:28:51 ---- ******************** Log session stop 06-Jul 05:28:51.310 PID 5472********************
2011-07-06 00:37:49 Info Disc ejected by user.
2011-07-05 18:18:06 Info Writable disc BD-R Sequential inserted. Ready to write
2011-07-05 18:18:04 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R, Blu Ray-R Seq., Blu Ray-R Rnd., Blu Ray-RE
2011-07-05 18:18:04 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2011-07-05 18:18:04 Info New Drive selected : 2:1:0 - HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30 1.00 [E] (Scsi)
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info Current Drive selected : 0:0:0 - TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L SB03 [D] (Ide)
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info DLL Version : 4.0.19.487
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8 Qt\vso_hwe.dll
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info Version : 8, 1, 0, 3
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8 Qt\DVDFab.exe
2011-07-05 18:15:01 Info OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6002: Service Pack 2)
2011-07-05 18:15:01 ---- ******************** Log session start 05-Jul 18:15:01.456 PID 5472********************


2011-07-05 18:14:50 ---- ******************** Log session stop 05-Jul 18:14:50.835 PID 5012********************
2011-07-05 18:14:43 Info Writable disc BD-R Sequential inserted. Ready to write
2011-07-05 18:14:33 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-07-05 18:14:19 Info Disc ejected by user.
2011-07-05 18:12:16 Info Rewritable disc BD-RE inserted. Ready to erase and write
2011-07-05 18:12:16 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R, Blu Ray-R Seq., Blu Ray-R Rnd., Blu Ray-RE
2011-07-05 18:12:16 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2011-07-05 18:12:16 Info New Drive selected : 2:1:0 - HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30 1.00 [E] (Scsi)
2011-07-05 18:11:46 Info Rewritable disc BD-RE inserted. Ready to erase and write
2011-07-05 18:11:44 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R, Blu Ray-R Seq., Blu Ray-R Rnd., Blu Ray-RE
2011-07-05 18:11:44 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2011-07-05 18:11:44 Info New Drive selected : 2:1:0 - HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30 1.00 [E] (Scsi)
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info Current Drive selected : 0:0:0 - TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L SB03 [D] (Ide)
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info DLL Version : 4.0.19.487
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8 Qt\vso_hwe.dll
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info Version : 8, 1, 0, 3
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8 Qt\DVDFab.exe
2011-07-05 18:11:18 Info OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6002: Service Pack 2)
2011-07-05 18:11:18 ---- ******************** Log session start 05-Jul 18:11:18.184 PID 5012********************
DVDFab 8.1.0.3 (2011/07/05 18:11:12)

0m 02.52s: option dvd2dvd 0 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
0m 02.52s: Qt Translator file load success
0m 08.31s: detected blu-ray
0m 08.31s: drive E
0m 08.31s: blu-ray type 0
0m 08.33s: volume label
0m 24.39s: got bdmv
0m 24.69s: got extended bdinfo
3m 31.86s: detected blu-ray
3m 31.86s: drive E
3m 31.86s: blu-ray type 0
3m 31.86s: volume label


DVDFab 8.1.0.3 (2011/07/05 18:14:56)

0m 02.12s: option dvd2dvd 0 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
0m 02.13s: Qt Translator file load success
0m 07.22s: detected blu-ray
0m 07.22s: drive E
0m 07.22s: blu-ray type 0
0m 07.22s: volume label
0m 33.24s: got bdmv
0m 33.74s: got extended bdinfo
3m 13.87s: Blu-ray Copy: Main Movie
3m 13.87s: Source: C:\Users\ron\Documents\DVDFab\Temp\FullDisc\CRIMSO N_TIDE\BDMV\
3m 13.87s: Playlist: 0
3m 13.87s: Chapters: 1 -> 33
3m 13.87s: TotalSize: 26163 MB
3m 13.87s: SourceSize: 24887 MB
3m 13.87s: RemoveHDAudio: 0
3m 13.87s: OutputDisc: BDMV
3m 13.87s: OutputTarget: BD25
3m 13.87s: OutputVideo: 1080p/i
3m 13.89s: Video reencode bitrate (22305 kbps)
3m 13.89s: compress begin: Blu-ray groups clips(00000.m2ts,00001.m2ts,00002.m2ts), playtime(6946439 ms), size(26163 MB)
3m 13.90s: processing source(00000.m2ts)
3m 13.90s: info: enable multi-thread software decoder
3m 15.04s: h264_encode: encode param profile(2) level(41) bitrate(22251)
173m 48.27s: group(00000.m2ts ) playtime(3039536 ms) source(11431 MB) request(10247 MB) real(10239 MB) bitrate(22251 kbps)
173m 48.35s: processing source(00001.m2ts)
173m 48.35s: info: enable multi-thread software decoder
173m 48.41s: h264_encode: encode param profile(2) level(41) bitrate(22363)
295m 45.53s: processing source(00002.m2ts)
382m 47.77s: group(00001.m2ts 00002.m2ts ) playtime(3906903 ms) source(14731 MB) request(13223 MB) real(12778 MB) bitrate(22363 kbps)
382m 47.80s: compress finished: groups request(23463 MB, 23471 MB) real(23018 MB) average_bitrate(22305 kbps)

[CBR929]

Any advise that can speed up the compression process would be appreciated!

Hi unclebubbies
This has been said many times in this thread, unless you make changes to your CPU, or buy a decent GPU to help in the compressing, you will never get better times compressing unless the movie needs no compression.
CBR929