Export to Quicktime takes forever

I have a fairly simple slideshow - no video, some basic transitions and builds. There are nine slides, each one minute long (nine minutes total). It takes probably 30 minutes or so to export to Quicktime in full quality. Is this normal, or do I have settings incorrect?

Thinking out loud sort of:
Maybe the problem is that you're using GOP structured media, and because of this, the GOP has to be remade because you've edited in not iframes... I can recall just how long it took to create DVD's from HDV on G5 machines... YIKES it was slow. Might be a related problem. Dual only intel machines are a bit faster, but not by much... if your on a Powerbook or iMac.. you're on a dual intel most likely?
Seems to me that if the media was captured to an i frame format (ProRes) you'd not have this long export time for a reference movie.
I just edited a 3 camera shoot recorded with 3 HDV cameras last night as it turns out... but I captured it as ProRes using a Macbook Pro. The cameras never stopped so syncing them was pretty easy.
Larger files, but the switched 45 minute sequence exported as a reference movie in about 2 minutes.
HDV isn't my favorite codec to edit with, so I never work in it natively... It's just a totally inefficient codec and was never really intended to be a professional format I'm afraid (see Sony's original press release when they introduced it to the world, they point blank stated it was for consumers and home movies...) your problem is likely that it's HDV material. Sooooo don't work in HDV in post.
Jerry

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Should exporting to quicktime take this long??

using Handbrake, i have converted from VIDEO_TS to .mp4 encoded with H264 (at 640x476 with an avg. bitrate of 1500 k/s).
i wanted to combine two titles in the VIDEO_TS folder into one .mp4. so handbrake converted the two into .mp4 files which i then imported into iMovie on a new Mac Pro.
in iMovie i created a new project with the two files, selected both, and exported using quicktime. i exported under similar settings to the original files, resolution (640x480), same bitrate (1500 k/s), H264, etc.
the length of the exported movie is approx. 30 minutes.
2 of 8 cores are running the export. (it's still in process) but the initial estimate of time was roughly 600-700 minutes. it dropped down a little bit initially, but is certanly well over 500 minutes.
now running all 8 cores, the conversion from VIDEO_TS to .mp4 via Handbrake took about 7-8 minutes at the similar settings as indicated above.
should iMovie really take over 500 minutes? do i have a setting that is suboptimal? should iMovie be able to take advantage of more cores like Handbrake?
thanks

2 of 8 cores are running the export. (it's still in process) but the initial estimate of time was roughly 600-700 minutes. it dropped down a little bit initially, but is certanly well over 500 minutes.
This does sound a bit long. (Would normally expect expect about 75 minutes on my older machine using a default preset.) On the other hand, if all you want to do is merge the two separate files together as a single file, why not use QT Pro ($30) if you already have it or MPEG Streamclip (free) to save the files in a single container and skip re-compression process altogether?

Why does exporting to m4v take forever?

I've done a lot of QuickTime exporting and converting in my time and I just got a video iPod and would like to put a few videos on it but I can't for the life of me figure out why exporting to m4v takes so darned long. Anyone know? Exporting to huge file formats like .dv and such only take a minute or two, but my 20 meg .mov file takes almost an hour to convert to .m4v
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Check out this article.
http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000312.html
It explains a lot about how compression to H.264 works.
Also, look at it like this. If I asked you to pack an average sized dorm room into a dump truck, no sweat, just toss everything over the side and you're done. However, if you had to do the same thing with a Toyota Celica, it'd take you longer because you've got to make the best use of all the space, including under the seat and around the tire well.
QuickTime is also doing 2-passes over your media. After reading the above article, you'll see why this is a good thing. Since QuickTime doesn't allow you to choose a bitrate, I also figure that it's fitting your media as close to 768 kbps as possible and this would take some finagling too.
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So I have some 30 second commercials that were in mpeg4(part 2). That is what I'm starting with.
Anyhow, I exported them to quicktimes and then imported into FCP 6. Now I've laid down about 20 of them and it is taking about 1 hour just to render the project, and that long to export.
Why do these files so hard for FCP to handle? Is it operator error?

you mention that you exported them to quicktime movies but not which codec you used ... thats important info that you need to tell us if we're to help you.
you also mention that you imported them into FCP 6 and laid them down in a sequence, but again you haven't told us what your settings are ... this time "sequnece settings", and again that is important info we need to help you resolve this
finally you note its taking 1 hour to render this timeline, and the same to export .... what format/codec are you exporting to
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Hey kids - need your help.
I've been digitizing home movies from a Sony Camcorder using the XtraView USB for Mac hardware. This produces a (massive) .mov file. I imported this file into iMovie 09 as an event, edited it, put in transitions, etc. I selected Share>iDVD and it exported to iDVD in a reasonable amount of time. In iDVD I tweaked Chapter menus, etc., and burned to disk. No problem.
Now here comes the issue...
Playing the disk back, I realize that I have a really bad interlacing issue. The XtraView HW/SW didn't give me an option to deinterlace, so I'm not terribly surprised, but it's bad enough to not be acceptable. Again, no worries, I used Handbrake to convert the movie to MP4 and deinterlace it along the way. The result was a much smaller, very nice, smooth-playing .mp4 (m4v) file.
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- is there a different format I should be using for the movie file (e.g., FFMPEG?)
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OK, I have a bit more data, and some success!
Using Handbrake I converted the original mov files to mpeg-4 files using the ffmpeg codec rather than the H.264, then imported them as events in iMovie. This time they imported quickly, were responsive when edited, and shared to iDVD quickly, completing in under an hour.
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http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/6#qtkit
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"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
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*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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Is there any easier way to edit imovie files that have been exported as mov file then added to FCE 4?? As every move I make has to be rendered and takes forever??? Also my recording is going out of focus without me touching the camera, why has this happened any idea what causes this??
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I am pretty sure I am doing everything right.
I used to on FCP 6 import an hour of 1080i60 footage. Lined it up with a seperate aiff. Exported it as the same thing 1080i60 and it would take 30 minutes.
I am trying to do the same basic thing in FCP X and its taking an hour and a half to export. Anyone know why?

Right now I am just simply testing FCP X...so I am trying to import my 1080i60 hour long file into a project of the same settings and export it out as the same length and file just to see how long it should take....
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the apple proRes 422 is the defualt for rending format....I have no idea what this does...there should be no need for rendering....at least i think there shouldnt be....
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