Help with export settings for AVCHD source footage

[celtics23]

I am in the process of switching to filming with an AVCHD Canon XA10. I am finding that the export times in premiere pro 5.5 are much, much longer than I imagined they would be. Could somebody give me some ideas for reducing export time?

I tried exporting a 3:40 long clip with these H.264 settings:

NTSC 1920x1080 29.97 fps deinterlaced
VBR 1 pass target 9.00 max 15.00
PAR widescreen 16:9, profile: main, level 4.2, render at max depth selected, use maximum render quality selected.

the estimated file size was 241mb, and it woudl take over 40 minutes !! I need to export about 90 minutes of video every day, so this won't work well.

I moved to the "HDTV 720p 29.97 high quality" H.264 preset, and it dropped it to about 30 minutes, but still incredibly long.

This is for youtube...as long as I can have 720p enabled (I don't really have to have 1080p), and it looks good, I don't need "top settings," but I desperately need to reduce the export time.

Any suggestions I could try?

[poisondeathray]

uncheckmark MRQ and max bit depth

or get faster hardware

[aedipuss]

shoot 1080p to begin with then there's no de-interlacing or artifacts. please fill out your computer specs in your forum profile. it would help to know you're not trying to do this on a laptop.

[racer-x]

If it were me, I would:

A) Export out via FrameServer (Debumode Frameserver) directly into an x264 encoder GUI like MeGui or Virtualdub.

B) Export lossless compressed AVI > x264 encoder like MeGui, Simple x264 encoder, VidCoder, or Virtualdub.

Either would be quicker and yield better results in my opinion...........