4 minute video taking 6 hours to export. HELP!!!

[Curtis5D50]

I am filming on an Action Camera (fake GoPro), It's only a 4 minute video and yet it's taking 6 hours on a VBR 1 pass 8 mbps.

I am recoding footage on 1080p 60fps, I want to export as the same settings to YouTube.

I have added lends distortion effect to removal the 'Fish Eye' look.

I'm using Premiere Pro 2020.

Let me know if you guys need more info!

[basil1891]

An [interim] solution to consider.

If "lens correction" is the only performance problem you have, and since clips are rather short, you can use 3rd party tool to do correction, save in lossless codec like DNxHR/Prores/Cineform, and then continue in Premiere as usual.
The tool is freeware, much faster (4min=>~15m or so for 1080/60p), but you need to know (or to pick by trial and error) the horizontal field of view for your camera. I can share script for automated conversion,  if you interested.
Avisynth+defish demo, Before and after

[Turn5E71]

Which was the tool?

Thanks 

[Peru Bob]

Avisynth+defish

[basil1891]

It's 'Defish' plugin for AviSynth. To make life easier I included it in my broader, and automated, package of freeware tools, so even a complete novice can start using them right away. At the same time advanced users can easily modify it to their needs. I already shared it on YT and some forums, here is how-to video + download:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NilYO-9YvM

If decide to use - look for Converter\Lens correction\Defish*, to get proper result you need to modify 'lens_parameters.txt', either by tweaking FOV or a,b,c coeffs. By default FOV is set to 90 degrees. Start with specs of your equipment, than use trial-and-error.

[Curtis5D50]

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Nice one! I'l give it a check. 

So I'm in the middle of exportong more videos, I decided to zoom in on the camera which removed a lot of the fish eye effect, however the noise was ridiculous. I removed noise in Premiere and it took 15 hours for a 6 minute video.

So will ratehr go with lens distortion rather than remove noise in post.

Thanks 

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[basil1891]

If using proposed tools you can easily combine it all in one pass (lens correction + noise reduction),

expected speed for on your system for 1080 is about 5-6fps, i.e up to 1 hour for 4min clip

[Curtis5D50]

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I've been exporting with one apss lately.

An hour for a 4 minute clip I'd be happy with! I just exported a 6 minute clip that took 15 hours!!!

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[basil1891]

Dunno, if you still need a solution ... but I've uploaded new version with improved instructions, here:

 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Andr88T403SpapbOPF2tnEGLnQ0   

Look for:    Batch_Denoiser_v1.3rc4  > Effects > All-in-1 setup

For how to use in general there are video demo and 'Readme' file.

[Curtis5D50]

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Hi,

I've switched to my GFs digital camera and meant I didn't need to use an distortion effects.

I exported as the same as the source and it took half an hour!!

An action cam (not even go pro) was not a wise choice for my channel.

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[RjL190365 · Accepted solution]

That kind of performance is not surprising at all, given your hardware configuration:

1. Your CPU is now nine years old. Worse, it has only two physical cores, and its IPC (Instructions Per Clock) performance is relatively poor by current standards.
2. Your integrated GPU has absolutely no GPGPU support at all whatsoever. Not even OpenCL. As a result, Premiere's renderer is permanently locked to the software-only mode, which means that everything uses only the already woefully underpowered CPU.
3. Finally, newer versions of Premiere Pro hiccup significantly, if not horrifically, on any CPU platform that's more than about four years old.

As a result of all that, you simply need a newer PC. It does not have to be a desktop (as others suggested); in fact, even a current-generation $500 laptop will significantly outform that dinosaur of a low-end laptop.

[Curtis5D50]

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Yeah it's a pretty old laptop,

The plan is to upgrade but because lack of money, I was hoping there was a quick fix or a slight improvement.

Thanks 

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[RjL190365]

In this particular case, there is absolutely nothing that you can do. That machine is now completely obsolete. And the software situation will only get worse - period. As time goes on, older hardware will no longer be supported any more. And newer programs will no longer run properly or at all on such older or low-end hardware.

[Curtis5D50]

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I've had a breakthrough.

I changed to a digital camera, therefore no need to use any effects to remove distortion.

I exported my last video the same as the source and it took half and hour!!

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