[mythtv-users] transcodes take forever with meconder

[James Pifer]

I have a custom script that I select from the menu in the frontend for
converting recorded shows to xvid. I first verify the cut points, then
Autodetect transcode to remove commercials, then call my transcode
script. 

A long while back, not sure what version it was, a typical 45 minute
show would transcode in about two hours using 2 pass. After I upgraded
to FC9 quite some time ago on the same hardware, it takes upwards of 7-8
hours. I'm not really ready to do another upgrade on my backend server,
but anyone seen this before and know if an update to mplayer/mencoder
would help?

The mecoder commands in the script look like:
mencoder -o /dev/null -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1500:pass=1 -passlogfile "$VIDEODIR/$NEWFILENAME.avi.log" "$VIDEODIR/$FILENAME"
mencoder -o "$VIDEODIR/xvid/$NEWFILENAME.avi" -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1500:pass=2 -passlogfile "$VIDEODIR/$NEWFILENAME.avi.log" "$VIDEODIR/$FILENAME"

The resulting videos are good, but it takes forever. 

Any suggestions are appreciated. 

Thanks,
James