Q: Should it take 40 minutes to render and transcode a 3 min video?
I was using FCE on a 2009 unibody MacBook Pro. It was starting to drive me crazy, so I stepped up to the plate and bought a new Quad Core 2011 MBP and FCPX. I'm editing 1080P from a Canon 60D and my typical video is about 3 minutes with several transitions and a graphic overlay. I'm typically saving the video locally using compressor's pre-configured YouTube 720P format.
Doing this seems to bring my machine to its knees for about 40 minutes to render and transcode the 3 minute video. All my other programs become somewhat unresponsive. Is this what I should be expecting, or is my computer having issues? I was hoping my shiny new $2300 machine was going to eliminate this problem, but it doesn't appear so. I've seen people mention that Qmaster isn't worth it for short videos, but if it's taking 40 minutes, I'm wondering if clustering is needed, or my computer has problems.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro, Macbook, 20" iMac, AppleTV, Mac OS X (10.5.5)
Posted on Aug 24, 2011 10:00 PM