Exporting .avi to .m4v

I'm attempting to export quite large TV programs from .avi format to ipod .mv4 format, but the progress bar gets about 1 tenth of the way across then seems to stop.....
should I leave it, or is there a known problem with this type of export ?

If you are using the default ipod preset in QT 7 then the slowness is likely due to the very slow H264 codec. It appears to be much slower (in part because it does mult-pass encoding) than previous QT codecs. You may be able to get faster results if you try encoding with mpeg-4 settings. Try searching this forum or the iPod forum for additional tips on encoding settings.

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