My Mac G4 867Mhz takes about 3-4 hours to transcode about 1.5 hrs from .mov or .avi too mpg for VCD in OS X... Hope this helps...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: transcoding dvd - how long should it take? > > > On my athlon 1133 with 512MB RAM dvd::rip is telling me it wants to take > about 6 hours to turn the ripped 1.5 hour dvd into svcd format (size > of two cd's). > > Is this typical? It seems to be transcoding at aout 6 fps. It seems so > slow. There is not much else going on on the box. > > >