Slow Exporting AVCHD Footage as a Quicktime conversion

I recorded some video on a Canon Vixia hf21 at 17 mps. After I edited on Final on final cut it was around 15 minutes long. When I went to export it as a quicktime conversion file so I can upload it on youtube, it said it would take 8 hours. I was wondering if there something I can do to speed up the process before or after I edit my footage?
I hava a 13 Macbook Pro 5,5 with 2.26 Ghz and 8 gigs of ram.

Hi Bunmi,
Apple ProRes is absolutely fine to edit, did you actually try to export a QT movie self contained and take that to Compressor to create your H.264?
Compressor is much faster in creating H.264s, besides it offers more (i.e. ability to see the estimated file size, which automatically updates each time you modify bit rate).
BTW often even if you see a very long estimated time this can dramatically change in a blink of an eye during the process
Give it a go using Compressor.
Luca

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