I don't think that's a solution for iDVD -- it uses its own engine for encoding... - Mark On 3/19/04 8:43 AM, R B Williams at brucewll at comcast.net wrote: > Sounds about right - the biggest issue for the initial encoding is sound. If > you were to > compact the audio first using A.Pack then there would be a nice overall time > savings. An > added bonus is more space on the DVD for video. However, if you have no other > reason to > work with the sound you might just plan to make the first DVD overnight to > keep things > simple. > > 'course, additional copies will burn at whatever speed your media & burner can > handle. > > R.B. > > Jim Simmons wrote: > >> when I call upiDVD from within iMovie it takes approximately 6-1/2 to 7 >> hours to burn >> a 90 minute DVD. Is this normally what's to be expected?