Exporting rushes out of FCP onto DVD QUICKLY!

I have a translator waiting for me to export rolls of rushes from FCP 5.1 onto DVD so they can start work. He doesn't need high res pictures - VHS quality would be fine. I can't seem to use Compressor to do it quickly. Any suggestions kind world? I've got FCP Studio loaded.

The encode will always start off longer than it will actually take. 50 minutes should take less than that. Kind of depends on how many tracks there are audio and video-wise. Again, with a MacPro you should get less than realtime encoding.
Now, that's the easiest way to do it. You could try this . . . export a quicktime movie first, then encode that movie for burning a DVD. I used to always do this as it was ultimately faster. But, that was on G5 and a G4. The MacPro I use now encodes right from within FCP pretty fast. You could try it and see which method works faster.
One more thing that may help . . . in FCP under "tools" go to the render manager and delete all your renders for that project. Then, re-render the timeline. This will give FCP less to deal with render file wise and may increase encoding speed. Of course, this may be offset by having to re-render an entire 50 minute timeline, but it's another option.
jimi

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