Imovie 560 minutes to convert movie for dvd burning.

I spent most of the day preparing a video and slide show project that was then going to be burned to DVD. After all the importing was finished and clips segmented I added transitions and had it looking real good. I then thought I could just burn to the DVD. To my surprise it is taking the Imac 20 560 minutes to prepare the video for burning in IDVD. The question is-- does it take this long or did I do something wrong. I needed the video in a hurry and was really surprised by the time it's taking.
Thanks "Art"

The question is-- does it take this long or did I do something wrong.
This is probably perfectly normal. The time required depends on the power of your CPU, the display size of the file you are exporting, the compression format you are using, the duration of your project, and whether or not a file of the same dimension has been previously shared and a copy available in the Media Browser.
Basically, exporting a files larger than "Medium" for burning can be a waste of time since VGA content will be scaled up only to be re-saled back down to VGA when converted to M2V by iDVD. While you may see a slight improvement in quality where the original content has dimensions greater than VGA, only you can determine whether or not the increase in quality is worth the difference in processing time. In addition, the default H.264 compression format is very CPU intensive where as if you export to a less complex format (e.g., MPEG4/AAC) the processing can proceed much faster. Having a long project, of course, takes longer to export. Lastly, if you use the same dimension for several different uses, the time can be saved since after the initial export (assuming you do not modify the project), iMovie '08 will simply "apply" the already exported "Media Browser" copy of the project to whatever additional uses you direct.

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