MKV Conversion Time in Visualhub. Is this right?

[soquickwitit]

I figured it'd go a little quicker than 5 hrs with the new macbook i picked up.

it takes about 5 hrs per bluray mkv file. I have a new macbook, 2.4ghz, 4gig ram. From someone knowledged, is this about right?

Is there a quicker way? thx

 

[killmoms]

Encoding high-def H.264 is pretty much the most expensive thing you can do, in terms of processor time. It's a very computationally intensive task, there's not much you can really do to reduce the time involved.

 

[FreeState]

I figured it'd go a little quicker than 5 hrs with the new macbook i picked up.

it takes about 5 hrs per bluray mkv file. I have a new macbook, 2.4ghz, 4gig ram. From someone knowledged, is this about right?

Is there a quicker way? thx

I have a MacBook Pro with similar specs and it took just over 4 hours to do 117 min movie. Sounds right to me (non-HD titles in HandBreak take me 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours with dual pass selected, just an FYI for comparison)

 

[MrPunk2u]

I figured it'd go a little quicker than 5 hrs with the new macbook i picked up.

it takes about 5 hrs per bluray mkv file. I have a new macbook, 2.4ghz, 4gig ram. From someone knowledged, is this about right?

Is there a quicker way? thx

on my 2.8 iMac it takes about 2-3 hours

 

[mr_matalino]

I figured it'd go a little quicker than 5 hrs with the new macbook i picked up.

it takes about 5 hrs per bluray mkv file. I have a new macbook, 2.4ghz, 4gig ram. From someone knowledged, is this about right?

Is there a quicker way? thx

I'll confirm. It takes awhile. Que a number of them up and let it run over night...

 

[cenetti]

new mac pro takes about 70mins average for an 8.5gb HD mkv to mp4
(everything high) - go nuts, best possible etc.

I've converted about 170 HD files so far, without a mac pro..I couldn't have done it..

even with that I backup my movie library everyday..lol....nothing else but just movies...way too much time invested...I cant imagine losing them....

 

[chiefpavvy]

new mac pro takes about 70mins average for an 8.5gb HD mkv to mp4
(everything high) - go nuts, best possible etc.

I've converted about 170 HD files so far, without a mac pro..I couldn't have done it..

even with that I backup my movie library everyday..lol....nothing else but just movies...way too much time invested...I cant imagine losing them....

Good lord, 70 mins for a 8.5GB HD MKV???

I need a Mac Pro. Or Two.

 

[kolax]

It does take a while.

The likes of a TV show in HD (i.e. Lost) VisualHub converts the 1.07GB file from .mkv to .mp4 in about 90 minutes.

Lost is about 45 minutes long. So, average movie = 2 hours, so (90x2.67)/60 = 4 hours.

Sounds about right.

 

[soquickwitit]

new mac pro takes about 70mins average for an 8.5gb HD mkv to mp4
(everything high) - go nuts, best possible etc.

I've converted about 170 HD files so far, without a mac pro..I couldn't have done it..

even with that I backup my movie library everyday..lol....nothing else but just movies...way too much time invested...I cant imagine losing them....

What are the specs of your macbook pro? what piece of hardware is making your conversions go so quick?

 

[kolax]

What are the specs of your macbook pro? what piece of hardware is making your conversions go so quick?

He's got a Mac Pro, not a MacBook Pro.

Hence why his performance is ridiculously good.

 

[cenetti]

What are the specs of your macbook pro? what piece of hardware is making your conversions go so quick?

its a mac pro..

2 x 2.8ghz (8 cores) 6gb ram...

2x750gb raid0