Umm… Yeah I meant encode, not burn, my bad. I have done what you suggested before, and actually I just did that now. I’m encoding it on my MacBook Pro now, and it’s going MUCH faster than my G5… The thing is David, I know it goes faster with the self-contained QT file, but still, 12 hours? I think I’m just following a normal work flow- exporting to Compressor, and then apply the settings in question… and then I click submit.. don’t know what the issue could be, but I think i’m going to stick with my MacBook Pro for encoding from now on…