One of my regular clients has XPRESS PRO 5.6.7, Sorenson Squeeze and Sonic ReelDVD. All of their finished shows, ranging from 30 - 60 minutes, are output to DVD. The standard workflow has been, from the timeline to a Quicktime Reference Movie, into Squeeze for MPEG2 compression, and to REELDVD for burning to DVD. Is this the most efficient workflow given the equipment available? It works fine, but takes a lot of time- let's say 3-5 hours per program, depending on length. I know rendering takes time, but I am wondering if there is a more efficient way. Since I have been doing it this way for years, I am wondering if I am behind the times.

One more thing. They are considering upgrading to Media Composer in the future. Would that change anything?

Mikey