[Jaap Verdenius]

Sorry about that, Michael. CBR=constant bitrate? It made a difference. I did a test with a 3 min. sequence with three settings. The results:
Best Quality 90 min. preset – 8 minutes
Fastest Encode 90 minutes – about 1’50”
Best Quality 90 min. with Constant bitrate instead of 2passVBRbest – about 2’10”

David, I did the same test with the same sequence exported as QT reference movie. They were perhaps 10 seconds quicker in all three versions; let’s say about equal to the time it took to create the reference movie.

OK, I think I’m beginning to understand this… thanks a lot guys for asking me questions!

Jaap

[Jaap Verdenius]

I am using Compressor 2.0.1, going from DV to MPEG-2 using the DVD 90 min. high quality 4:3 preset from the Compressor menu