Is their a way in Toast, iDVD or just about any video making program to bypass encoding from Quicktime files, MP4 files and so on while making them a DVD? I have a 1GHZ 1GB Ram G4 and in Toast it takes a hour to encode just one file and the files are 10 minutes and I have 9 .MP4 files that I am making them into a DVD to watch on TV how to bypass that? Or is their a much easier way? I tried "Burn and FFMPEGX and MPEG Stream Clip" and those were even slower.
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bypass encoding in order to make a DVD
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Not if you want to make a standard movie DVD - the standard REQUIRES MPEG-2 encoding. For whatever reason this is currently done in software on the Mac, and thus doesn't benefit from hardware acceleration.
Ok so what if I used another program such as FFMPEGX or MPEG Streamclip to convert to MPEG-2 will it be any faster?
Also what if I do a different type of disk and not a standard DVD?
Regarding your first point, I doubt that will help but it's worth a try. As for your second, doing that WILL skip the encoding phase but will also make your DVD unviewable on TV.
How would I skip the encoding phase? Can I make another type of video disk? If so what can I do besides DVD video?
The only way I know of is to make a data DVD with the movie file on it. This obviously won't work for what you're trying to do, so I think you're stuck with what you have now.
I heard it might work but question is do I need to make any special folders like audio or video folders?
Also why when using mpeg streamclip I get error invalid task when converting to MPEG or I get no audio and video to demux when doing that option? The input is .mp4
It's best to just let iDVD or Toast take care of the encoding. There's no way around re-encoding MP4 files if you want the disc to play in a standard DVD player. In my experience, trying to build a DVD video disc yourself only leads to more complications and problems.
Back when I had a PowerBook, my method was to start the encode before I went to bed. The small wonder of computers working on your behalf while you sleep is still not lost on me
Back when I had a PowerBook, my method was to start the encode before I went to bed. The small wonder of computers working on your behalf while you sleep is still not lost on me