Avchd render time: 1 min = 1 hour of rendering.

so should 1 min of 1920 x 1080 avchd footage take about an hour to render? I know I don't have a high end machine but that cant be right.
footage is l layer of avchd footage with simple dissolves. no other special FX. I have tried neosceen Avis and couldn't tell a difference. Processor is pegged at 100% .
system info
vista 64
4 gigs of ram
nvidia 9800 gt
500 gig raid 0 (sata 2) os
500 gig raid 0 (sata 2) video
160 gig sata hd for cache.

My CS5/AVCHD 1st Impressions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694?tstart=0 includes a description of my computer
I get a 2-for-1 time... where my 12 minutes of test video takes about 6 minutes to render from AVCHD to DV NTSC Widescreen

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nope, just a series of hi-res quicktimes scaled down in the DV sequence, no filters, graphic overlays, etc. All the clips are handled the same way.
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FCP gets pretty sluggish when I am working in the native resolution, but I need to keep the full-res clips so I can add the zooms later. To share the content between sequences, I had to get the frame rates all locked down to 23.98. I just don't understand how two clips with identical settings in one sequence can require longer render times by a factor of 40.
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Hey Guys, Thanks for the recommend. Turns out, there was really no issue at all. When I began the export to quicktime move, the usual progress bar popped up, but said "approximately 72hrs". I watched for a few minutes and it didn't change. I cancelled and typed out this question. After trying it again, it turns out that the original estimate of 72hrs (this was for a 2 hr video) quickly dropped rapidly. I left the machine to do its work, but it didn't take very long.
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I get 120 hours render time on quicktime h.264 usualy setting

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Processor : Radeon HD graphics APU A10-5745M 2.10GHz
Ram installed : 16 Go ( 15.52 usable , 12go on AAE CC )
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My setting Quicktime H.264 , Lossless sound , Best quality .
I try to render and i alway get between 80 and 120 hours ... make no sense , it should be max an hour . theres 20k frames to be rendered .
Now when i installed media encoder it does not help it and still is Sooooooo long to render .... im not sure how to fix this without losing quality

It seems to be helping quite a bit , but the render is still up at like 41 hours so .... i don't understand ? does having multiple audio spectrum and a bass shake effect on all of them for 11 minute increase the render time by so much ? my first video was quite fast even on h.264 ? it doesnt look that fancy to me lol

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Not looking over your shoulder, I'm making a few possibly invalid assumptions.
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Exporting to H.264 from PRLT in 1080 is four to six times realtime depending on your system's specs. I't seight times on mine.
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The clip is an hour and a half... the render took 5 with temporal smoothing. Sounds normal to me.
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I have been trying to export it into MPEG2-DVD format.
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Use AME for delivery encoding or a 3rd party compressor. Render to Production codecs from the RQ....

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Hi, <- My casual Greeting
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Cheers
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Thanks for the advice aka danke für den Tipp!
I'll give it a try!
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