Export time has quadrupled in Snow Leopard

Hey...
since my upgrade to Snow Leopard, the export time in iMovie HD has increased at least 4x. Currently I'm exporting a 43 min piece of video and it's taken over 5 hours, with about 10 min left.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Got any ideas how to fix it?
Also... my Motion 3 exports have gotten slower as well.

before you ask.... I'm exporting 640/480 H264

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