slow transcoding with nero vision express

[waynezo]

I am learning to edit my mini dv home movies. i use windows moviemaker 2 to edit and save videos in dv-avi. then i author my dvd either with sonic my dvd 4.0 or nero vision express 2.0. with sonic my finished dvd freezes momentarily and pauses between each video title set . with vision express they playback smoothly, but transcoding takes about 4 times longer.with sonic sonic transcoding is almost in realtime, with vision express 6min of video takes about 20min, is this normal? Would i be better off using tmpeng for transcoding? I really don't want to have to buy any more software.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[AMD2400]

You could try TMPGenc to encode your avi's.