"Conforming HDV footage"

I have a 90 min HDV video documentary that i am finalizing.
I'm a bit concerned about putputting it as i have little experience outputting HDV. The one time i did do it, it was more involved than putputting DV.
The entire video is treatd with effects and is currently rendered (mostly).
i remember that when I outputted my first HDV project, although it was fully rendered, there was a step (another render?) called "conforming HDV" which took quite a while. With a 90 minute project I figured it could take a week.
The premiere is in a month, and I'm still working on the credits -- so it's not done.
FINALLY THE QUESTION: is there anything i can be doing now that can make the outputting phase faster?
Is there anything else i should know abotu outputting HDV??
thanks so much

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