Exporting Time FCP and Compressor
I have a PowerPc G5, Leopard and FCP 6.
My footage is Apple ProRes 422. This is the first time I'm using this HD footage. (my first movie and all the videos I've made in the past were miniDV)
When I exported through the Export Quick Time Movie the hour long edit took about 10 - 15 minutes. The info for the footage is -
1920 x 1080
HDV 1080p24 integar (Big Edian) Timecode
1:01:57 Time
The problem is it's 11.48 GB and DVD Studio Pro will not compress it so I can make a DVD. (my first miniDVD movie's export was 18gigs and iDVD compressed it to a single DVD) I nolonger have iDVD and I have to use DVD Studio Pro.
I put this movie into Compressor and tried compresssing it. When it finally starts compressing, it says it will take at least 47 hours. Which seem outragous for an hour long movie. The first two times it failed after 6 hours.
Then I went into FCP and tried exporting half the movie (30 minutes) with H264, Quality High, Size 680x382 (current). In 12 hours it was 25% with another 27 hours to go.
Is this normal?
How long should it take to export an hour of HighRes 422 clips?
Is there a setting that I can export fairly quick so I can watch this on my PC and burn a DVD so I can see what it looks like on my TV? It has to be very good, but not the best quality.
This is the first half of a movie that will eventually be close to 2 hours. I can't imagine how long the completed project is going to be.
Thank You!
Final Cut Pro 6, Mac OS X (10.5.8)