Exporting Nested Sequence

I'm trying to export a 90 min nested sequence from FCP 4.5 and it keeps giving me an estimated time of 24 hours and then it crashes the program several hours into the export. I nested the sequence because I needed to put a Time Code Reader filter on it in order to give the sound designer a window burn. The same sequence, un-nested, exports fine. Any suggestions? I'm using a PowerPC w OS 10.3.4. Thanks.
-T

I haven't used 4.5 for a long time.
Try this:
Export the sequence as a reference movie.
Bring the reference into a new sequence, add the t/c filter. Render the whole dang thing. Export the rendered movie.
If that doesn't work, post back.
What you really want to do is render the sequence and then export the render. You're trying to nest, apply a filter to the nest, and export while it's being rendered. You'd think FCP could deal with it but the complexity of your upstream media tracking could be causing some trouble.
bogiesan

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