Thanks Rafael! I think I did read about rendering twice if exporting from FC from your post a few weeks ago.
My render was ready with coffee this morning (8 hours)
Here’s what I did:
With my 25 GB clip in my sequence I exported a self-contained after my color correction to a self-contained .mov / proRez 422 size: 15GB, 1 hour
Dropped that into compressor using:
H.264, 50% (960×540) and 3000kbps, hinted for quicktime streaming.
Uploading to youtube now.
8 hours on my non-intel home machine.
Thanks again.