Scott,
I too render some long videos, 45 minutes to over an hour. I find that the effects I use have a HUGE influence on render times.
One of the worst offenders is composites, green screen brings renders to a crawl.
I’ve had three camera VEG files with track level effects such as Beauty Box that took three full days to render and I have a latest/greatest computer setup… if that makes you feel any better when you’re twiddling your thumbs.
Yeah, you need a fast computer, but get rid of those effects unless you really need them. Just sayin…
Barry W. Hull