Video rendering/transcoding

Hi there,
I have so many VHS tapes that I am trying to convert them into DVD-video. I have been using Nero6 for burning dvds. Until recently it was taking me about 1.5 hrs to transcode and burn a 3hrs dvd. But now the transcoding process is very slow up to 12hrs.
I am using Windows XP sp2, 2.4GHZ processor, 512MB of RAM,80GB harddisk and a Radeon 9520 AGP card.
Can anyone there please help me with this problem?
Cheers,
Paul.

it might be that some unwanted programs are running in the background, or you got a virus or something.
either way you should check to make sure everything is the way it was when you started cause like i said if there are some unneeded programs running in the background it can lag the pc ALOT.
thats all the stupid advice i can give.

Thanks. I will try and stop some programs that I am not using at the time of trancoding/rendering. Do you know any of the programs that can interfere with Nero6? Just so that I can try to look for these programs.

ok man i just guessed on the first one and im not much of a computer whiz so i really dont know what youre talking about if youre talking about downloading programs like limewire or sharza then i might know but otherwise...sry.

In order 2 have some speeding up..U need some tools/software..4 instance like Free Ram Optimizer n CCleaner. These 2 software r freeware. Here is the links.
1 - www.acelogix.com/freeware.html (Ram Optimizer)
2 - www.ccleaner.com/ (A simple program that removes unused and temporary files from Windows machines)

It is a handicap if you’re minor defect, but not if you are intelligent retard.

Recently I used the cleanup tools on www.nero.com and reinstalled the nero6.It worked fine for a day or 2 and the problem came back. I have installed a fresh OS but I still can not resolve the problem.
Thanks.