The built in video converter is running at 145% cpu - help!

I tried using the built in video converter to make a .m4v video file compatible with imovie.
The process avconvert is running at 145% cpu and my fan is running at over 5000rpms to compensate. It has been ran for 20 mins and has done nothing with the file itself. I cancelled the conversion in the tool bar then had to force quit the avconvert process.
I am using a macbook pro, mid 2009
8gb ram (upgraded from original 4gb)
new 750gb HDD
osx 10.8.3 - upgraded 2 days ago from snow leopard
Processor - 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Should this converter work on my mac?
Is my processor unable to support this feature?
Any suggestions for an alternative converter? (handbrake is flaky since the upgrade)

No, no error message came up. When I hovered the cursor over the icon it said it was creating a workflow but nothing actually happened. The converter didn't seem to be doing anything at all except cause the cpu to run high.
I should have said my CPU was reaching 95 degrees at the time but the heatsink was only at 54 degrees. I am concerned that running the converter would cause it to overheat.

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