Page 3 Authoring performance tests

Authoring performance tests:

For this set of tests we will use both a DivX file of approximately 700 megabytes in size made using SimpleDivX 1.40.24 to rip a DVD to a high quality DivX file then taking that file and making a MPEG2 using TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress to build a DVD compliant file set.

From our main screen we will choose to produce a Movie Disc.

Now we can choose what Format disc we want, the Disc Capacity and Aspect Ratio.

We then can import both our DivX and MPEG2 test file.

Now we can Cut, Split or Merge our Video.

We then have the option to make a Customized Menu for our DVD with many different pre-made Menus or we can build our own.

Now we can choose to set our Chapter length.

Now we are done editing our DVD and we have a few options, we can Burn to Disc, Save as Disc Image or Create a DVD Folder, we can also choose to do all of them or any combination, this is a great feature.

For this example we will Create a DVD Folder and Burn to Disc.

We can see that PowerProducer supports and uses our Dual Core processor.

After the process is completed we see the completion screen, we can choose to Play Disc, Return to Main Menu or Quit PowerProducer

PowerProducer does not have a forward running timer so we timed it manually. Our DivX file was authored in 24 minutes and 44 seconds. Our MPEG2 file was authored in 56 minutes and 52 seconds.

If we choose to go back to the main menu we have some other options, Right-to-Disc. Here we can write directly to disc from any supported input device such as a Camcorder or TV card.

If we found we made a mistake in our initial Movie Disc or wanted to add or delete content we can go back and use Edit Disc.

Sometimes we don’t have the time to finish our project so we can save it and the Open our Project later to finish it.

With Disc Utilities we can Erase a Disc, Copy a Disc, Burn Disc from Image, Save Disc Image and Burn Disc from DVD Folder

Next you can read the conclusion from our tests…

Software Installation

Conclusion