3Minute Clip Takes 3 HOURS to encode

Got a Dual core XPSP2 system with 2GB RAM.
Taking THREE HOURS to make a little 3 Minute clip to Windows media (disaster area 9)
THREE MINUTES!
CS3 has been taking HOURS, often TEN or more to do straight forward encoding that Canopus would do in 0.67 real time.
But For Gods Sake THREE HOURS for a 3minute Clip, from the time line.
I have done Quicktime versions in almost realtime. But they would would not insert into Powerpoint.
Its a 16:9 project, so trying to get Windows Media to handle that is an impossible task, as Windows is stuck in 4 by 3.
What is going on, that PPro 1.5 and 2 versions will encode with "MEDIA Encoder", in almost real time, yet CS3 takes YEARS
I have built three other PCS so I can get on with other work, thanks to CS3 taking the next century to do anything.
I note your training notes all only very short clips. But I am sure a 3 MINUTE Clip should not take THREE HOURS!

Actually its still exporting, (9 hours later) total time for this 3min clip is now expected as 16 hours. What would I expect if I wanted to do the whole 1hr show, abandon my PC for a week or longer.
The issue with 16:9 material is that you have to shrink it down, as Windows will not allow 16by9. So the resolution and quality is completely lost, as you end up using only about 2/3rds the original number of lines.
So I am ending up encoding 1/3rd of my project as BLACK, to fit down to the 4by3 constraints of windows.
This is the AVI File. I have tried the timeline, but there is a Zoom in and out of a still frame, which changes its zoom/motion path, if I export /encode to windows media, as the aspect ratio is changed by this 4;3 disaster, so the picture zooms in and out to the wrong sections, it is designed for the correct original 16by 9, but with the encoding it gets its knickers in a twist and goes to the wrong areas of the image.
The lip sync also goes to pot. Tried encoding to Quciktime, but the lip sinc is so slowed, its impossible to watch.
This is a 16by 9 PAL Project. 3 Minutes of a man talking on a locked off shot, with one single zoom in and out of photograph.
Why should it take almost a full day to encode 3 damn simple minutes, and mess up the lip sync, and fuzz up the original sharp image, to a pixelated bunch of rubbish.

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