TMPGenc HELP!!!

[Vinnie Dee]

I am having a problem with TMPGenc. I am encoding the .m2a and .m2v file into VCD. This usually takes 1.5 hours. However, I started the m2vconf.exe file and changed the configuration to include MMX and SSE under the SMID box. After doing that it takes 3.5 hours to encode. I have switched the setting in the m2vconf.exe file back and now it is still takes 3.5 hours to encode. I have also deleted the TMPGenc software and reinstalled itt and still am having the same results. Is there a way to optimize this program? Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm running windows xp with P4 1.8a processor.

Thanks!

[artships]

Hey!
Have you tried running the .m2v file through DVD2AVI first? It speeds-up TMPGEnc considerable when you're looking through the show for commercials, perhaps it will speed-up processing, too.

Execute DVD2AVI. Load the .m2v file. Execute File-->Save Project, choosing a filename extension of .d2v, In TMPGEnc, select the .d2v file for the video.

Also, in TMPGEnc look in Option->Environment Settings->VFAPI plugin. See it all 8 plugins are there (hard to make them go away, really), and "Direct show" is priority -1, and AVI VFW compat is -2, all the rest, 0.

Let us know how it goes.

John