Export Slideshow takes hours

Is there any reason why when I export a slideshow it takes forever? I waited about two hours for one, and it was only a third of the way through.

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Let's see:
What processor
How much Ram on your machine?
How big is the HD? How much free space on it?
How many photos in the slideshow?
How big are the photos - pixel dimensions and file size?
WHat template are you using?
What export setting?
Is there music?
There are some of the variables.
Regards
TD

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Greetings.
I have just finished editing a project and am trying to export a QT file to be used in IDVD or toast and am wondering if I am going about this in the right way.
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Ok, so you captured the HDV footage as AIC. Can you double check and report back the actual Item Properties for one of these captured clips ... select one in the browser and press Cmd-9 then post back with the settings listed there. Do likewise for you sequence.
Then you edited and exported a reference movie ... thats fine if you need to save disk space and you're not intending to use AIC as your edit master version, but still a self contained export would be more robust and further processing would generally be faster/more reliable than working with a self contained media file.
(A bit off the point, but I also note that you say that +the Lacie is where my project file, media, etc. are on"+ ... Danger, Will Robinson! Or at least, potentially so. Don't throw all your Easter Eggs in one basket. Make sure your project file is not stored in the same physical location as your Autosave Vault directory, else if the drive fails you'll have no means of recovering all your hard work.)
Next you opened that reference movie in QT Player and used it to create an H264 movie ... is that an intended target? Other than creating a SD DVD copy you don't note the intended audience / delivery for this piece. Creating an H264 version would not be a suggested part of the workflow for SD DVD delivery. You also note that you left the file size at its default, guessing that was 1280x720 ... can you double check that? As noted above already, 1280x720 denotes a HD 720 frame size, not an HD 1080 frame size. Unless you are doing this with specific intent then you'll probably want to leave it unscaled for your edit master.
Anyhoo, if you're looking for a good workflow for creating an SD DVD from an HD edit then you'll find a lot of good advice here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdv_timeline_to_sddvd.html
This one may be interesting t you also:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdv_to_prores_with_chapter_markersstone.html
Both of the above are ProRes based workflows but should work equally well if you substitute AIC if thats your preference.
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