Best processor/motherboard for video editing

[rartech]

I'm using Pinnacle studio and when I put together some video clips and converted it to mpeg2 for the dvd it took a long time. Also, near the end of the clip the video and the voice was off. It looked like those old dubbed foreign movies where the voices never match what the actors mouth is doing. Do I need a faster processor or could it be something else? My current set-up is an Athlon XP 2400+ with 512mb PC3200 memory, Geforce4 ti4200 w/64mb on a motherboard with an Nforce2 400 chipset.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

rendering performance mainly on processor and amount of ram.

try upping amount of ram first: get another 512 stick and give it a try.

an Fx-55 processor will surely cut your time significantly.

 

[Duvie]

PInnacle will obvioulsy like faster cpu and more bandwidth in terms of dual channel controllers etc....

The one thing is I can get that from time to time as well....It often can come form using AVIs encoded to Xvid and other codecs...also seem to get some issue with the latest 8-10 version and not wanting to encode my files cause they are 23.98fps and say non standard...I think that is a program gltich....

I recently wentthru 4 programs trying to find one that will take my CSI HDTV Xvid rips and convert them to DVD....

I tried...

TMPGenc.....had some synch issues and audio not playing in WMP.....
NeroVisonExpress 2....had some synch issues and audio not playing
Adobe Premier Pro 7.0...had some synch issues

I thought maybe it is an issue with the programs or XVid codec conversion....

Then I tried Canopus Procoder 2 and had no issues....

Then I went back to the other apps and found the best way to do it if I wanted DVD finsih product was to have the video and audio split form the file...done separately and then muxed back together with IFOedit97...Flawless...

Takes Nanub to split the avi to vid and audio
Use Procoder to make m2v and mpa files
Ifoedit to DVD author into VOB files....

I notice most apps a few setting here or there can make a differencein synch issues...

waht I am saying I doubt it is your system persay being too slow...the encoding apps work at the speed your system allows...they just take longer.....

By the way I get no snych issues converting my Divx files to same thing using any of those apps above...It may just be the Xvid codec and one setting I have messed up....

 

[PhoenixOrion]

duvie just made this thread sticky-worthy.