Exporting HDV movie from FCP6 to use in Compressor

Friends
It is the first time that I'm exporting a FCP 6 HDV sequence to a not self contained Quick Time movie, so I can convert it to MPEG 2 (DVD) and HD MPEG-2 (HD DVD)... And I'm getting some performance problems...
1st - I create a new project based on HDV 1080i60 firewire basic
2nd - on Render Control (Sequence Settings) I changed the codec to Apple ProRes 422, to get a faster and a better rendering.
3rd - Exported my sequence as a Quick Time Movie, unchecked the "Make Movie Self Contained" , and the setting as "Current Settings" (that is Compressor as HDV 1080i60 and Render Codec as Apple Pro Res, the same as my Sequence Settings)...
Doing the steps before I thought that only the audio should be rendered, the movies and previews should be played from my "Capture Scratch" and "Render Files" folders, so this HDV export should be fast as my DV NTSC export was..
But when I submmit my render (it is a Sweet 16 project, with some slow, some filters,transitions and the total length is 40 minutes) , it tells me that it will take about 6 hours to render... What is happening? My exported movie is a not self contained movie, so this export should not be faster ? is there any way to get it faster?
Thanks a lot
(By the way, I have a MacBook Pro, Dual 2 Core, 2.33 Ghz, 2GB Ram, FCP6, Mac OS 10.4.11)

Exporting a self contained Quicktime movie does not cause any compression to the actual images.
When using QT movie export FCP copies each frame of your finished movie and create new ones out of any transition between original media.
Editing HDV can require extra time indeed as it needs to be conformed after you finish. I would try to send the movie straight from the timeline once rendered. If you want to check out the result why not copy a portion of the edit on a second identical sequence and send it to Compressor.
Testing is always a crucial part of the process.
G.

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