Movie Export 720p on MacBook Sloooow ?

[suvawa]

Good morning to all of you,
got a new HD cam and just tried around a bit with my 2010 15" I5 macbook and Imovie.Also i had this Macbook over a year i never realy worked with imovie.
When i export the movie in 720p it takes forever, on youtube there are some benchmarks for 1 minute of 720p exoprting.They all come in around 1-3 min max.
those for the 2011 i5, couldn't find any for my 2010 i5, but mine takes 6-8 min for 1 minute of 720 exporting.
Are the new i5 macbooks realy that much faster, its a bit annoying seeing a 13" macbook beeing more than twice as fast as my 15" macbook with a i5 just a bit over an year old now .
Just wondering what your experiences are with exporting on the 2010 i5
Cheers
Daniel

 

[StevenQ]

In what format exactly are you exporting in iMovie? There may be some settings like the multiple passthrough/encoding (don't know the exact term) and if you ticked this option it encodes multiple times for optimal quality, but it also takes a whole lot more of time.

Try Handbrake and export in the same settings as you've seen in the Youtube video.