Very Slow Build Time

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone had any advice on what steps I could follow to try and solve a very slow build I have for one of my DVDs I'm making. It has completed 20% and it has been running for about 28 hours.
Here are my project details:
- 1 best quality compressor encoded m2v video track (45min length)
- 1 ac3 audio track
- 6 menus with motion .motn project files as the background
- 1 track (hosts the video and audio)
Any ideas on what I could try to solve this slow build I would be very grateful. I haven't had slow build problems with other DVDs before. It is slowly building the DVD, it hasn't crashed, and it is taking up processor power.

Hi
6 menus with motion .motn project files as the background
These items must be taking all the encoding time. They must be rendered and MPEG2 encoded by DVDSP.
Are they very complex and long animations?
The mpeg2 and ac3 files are already encoded and DVDSP will just mux them in the final files; that don't take so long !!
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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Where do you maintain your Home folder - on the SSD or on the HDD?
If you want to do a clean install (from scratch) then do the following:
Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.
Before you go to the extreme of the above would you do this:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Just in case your system slowness is due to something eating up CPU time. Oh, and if your system is brand new check the upper right corner of the menubar for a "dot" inside the Spotlight glass. This means Spotlight is indexing the drive. Until it finishes your system will be quite sluggish.

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