Why does it take so long to render a quicktime and/or wmv file?

I hope you can help with this! It's taking me forever to save a project as a qt file. I'm saving in expert settings with LAN/Intranet or broadband-high as the setting. In Imovie 4.0.1 I could usally render a 6+ minute project in under 10 minutes with those settings...in Imoive 6 HD it's going to take 3 times as long.
In a seperate issue...when I try to save my project as a wmv file it will only save the first :30 seconds or a six minute project.
Anyone have any ideas? What am I doing wrong? Thank yo for your advice!!!!

I'm saving in expert settings with LAN/Intranet or broadband-high as the setting.
As others have suggested, the type of export you are doing is apparently different than you did in iMovie 4.
Note that the LAN/Intranet and broadband-high you selected is only the second part of the export settings. It affects the size of the movie and indirectly, its quality. There's less compression with the LAN/Intranet setting and it delivers great quality.
The first part is the type of QuickTime movie to export to, selected from the popUp menu above the menu where you picked the LAN/Intranet setting. There are many choices offered in the top popUp menu, and for some, other settings to configure (optional).
If your export used the H.264 codec to compress the movie then Yes, the export will be slower than seen with other codecs. It's a very high quality codec, so the export is slower than others. That's the price we pay for quality I guess. (A price I happily pay. I usually do some other task on the computer as it chugs away.)
Karl

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