I suspect Jeff may be correct.

I have a second slightly older PC with AMD CPU that takes about 10x real time to export to mp4 from an HD timeline. My main computer has an Intel i7 processor, no graphics card and 16Gb ram and I have just finished rendering a minimum effects 30 minute 4k timeline down to 1080 mp4 and it took just 13 minutes. However if you are using many effects, re-colouring, stabilising etc it will lengthen rendering times .

Roger

@NateDogg22

Hi

. . . . AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00GHz, 16.0GB RAM, and I have a 64 bit operating system. . . . .

Am I correct in assuming that this PC is fitted with a NVidia graphics card?

If so then the issue is no hardware acceleration capablility and you are relying on software encoding.

The specification for Movie Edit Pro calls for an 'Onboard' graphics card which is taken to mean an integrated GPU, which your AMD processor does not have, and those AMD processors that do have an APU (AMD A series) tend to have a poorer performance than the equivalent Intel processor when it comes to video editing.

HTH

John EB

Hi, welcome to the Magix forums.

I suspect one reason for your very slow export may be your AMD CPU, sorry 😢. MEP in its different variants tends very much to be optimised for Intel processors.

However, what you have not told us is what is the format of the imported video files and to what format you are exporting them. These two factors could also be considerably affecting your export.

I have a computer whose spec is very similar to yours, but using an intel i7 processor and 32GB RAM. With certain video files and particular export formats, VPX and MEP can export in faster than real time. e.g. recently exporting DV-AVI to DVD, a 60 minute file took approximately 48 minutes to complete the export.

Jeff

The imported file is .AVI and exporting it to MPEG-4.

Hi, welcome to the Magix forums.

I suspect one reason for your very slow export may be your AMD CPU, sorry 😢. MEP in its different variants tends very much to be optimised for Intel processors.

However, what you have not told us is what is the format of the imported video files and to what format you are exporting them. These two factors could also be considerably affecting your export.

I have a computer whose spec is very similar to yours, but using an intel i7 processor and 32GB RAM. With certain video files and particular export formats, VPX and MEP can export in faster than real time. e.g. recently exporting DV-AVI to DVD, a 60 minute file took approximately 48 minutes to complete the export.

Jeff

So pretty much if you have something other than Intel your screwed?

 

So pretty much if you have something other than Intel your screwed?

Not necessarily, my older pc has an amd processor slower than yours but is ok with hd video. Can you be a bit more explicit about the video inport and export. Is your original footage 4K, HD, SD, and is mp4, mts, m2ts, avchd? AVI covers a pretty broad spectrum of formats. Is your mp4 export in HD, what size and bitrate?

Roger

Hi,

...And, do you have any effects on your clips?

@NateDogg22

Your best bet is to purchase (5 Euro) and install the Main Concept encoder via MEP and select that instead of the Default Intel codec in "Program settings>Import/Export tab". The MC encoder is considerably faster than the Intel encoder if you are restricted to Software export only (ie. No Intel Hardware acceleration).

If you have many effects on your timeline clips you can do some parallel processing of the effects during encoding on whatever GPU you have by choosing "Calculate effects on GPU" at the bottom of the Export template window. This will take some load off your CPU.

Peter

Hi,

...And, do you have any effects on your clips?

I have little to none.

Without the details that Roger mentions it's hard to see why your export speed should be so significantly slower than his, using his AMD-based PC.

If posting those details here doesn't quickly explain the distinction, I'd suggest you then make a very small, non-confidential project (exhibiting the slowness) and use File > Backup copy > Copy project and media into a folder, zip it up and upload it to a host site (I use Dropbox for instance). It won't help much if non-AMD users like me try exporting the project, but I'm optimistic that if Roger does so on that PC then we'll get resolution.

One other point: if your 'little' usage of effects happens to include collages, we'll point you to another potentially relevant thread.

@NateDogg22

Hi

. . . . . I have little to none. . . . .

In order to help you resolve this problem asap, if there is another cause apart from the lack of Hardware Acceleration, please be more specific.

There are either none or a few, if a few please detail which effects are applied - many effects rely on hardware acceleration and if you have used any of these than they will make for the long render.

John EB

@NateDogg22

Hi

. . . . . I have little to none. . . . .

In order to help you resolve this problem asap, if there is another cause apart from the lack of Hardware Acceleration, please be more specific.

There are either none or a few, if a few please detail which effects are applied - many effects rely on hardware acceleration and if you have used any of these than they will make for the long render.

John EB

 

I have only 2 fade effects on the project

Hi

. . . . have only 2 fade effects on the project . . . .

Which ones - please be specific - and how many occurrences.

MEP has a large collection of fade effects ranging from a simple fade in/out to complex fades which require hardware acceleration. The type and number of times they occur can determine the rendering speed.

John EB

Hi

. . . . have only 2 fade effects on the project . . . .

Which ones - please be specific - and how many occurrences.

MEP has a large collection of fade effects ranging from a simple fade in/out to complex fades which require hardware acceleration. The type and number of times they occur can determine the rendering speed.

John EB

Just the normal fade, nothing special.