[FatBastard]

Currently I'm using iDVD for burning and encoding my videos.

The "Asset encodoing", "Menu", "Multiplexing and burning" and "verification" is taking forever.

What are my options for improving my burning solution?

Is other software like iDVD pro or Cleaner going to improve my Asset encoding and other functions?

I know that the actual buring and verification is only a part of the overall operation and that using a 4X burner and media will only improve some of the operation. But, will using other burning and encoding software improve things on the other end and how?

It is taking me about 1 hour to burn and encode 20 minutes worth of video.

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the only thing that will make your iDVD encoding faster is a faster processor. what mac are you using?

i have a sawtooth 450, and it's painfully slow to encode mpeg2 in iDVD. i got one of these a few weeks ago, to bypass the processor mpeg2 encoding (it encodes mpeg in realtime via hardware). i can't use iDVD with these files, so i use their software to make discs (it isn't as good as iDVD, has strange themes), but then again, i don't have to wait hours to encode. and i can save the files as elementary streams and put them in DVD Studio Pro, but i haven't tried that yet.

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