Video Encoding Times with Compressor from Apple is much better than in past years. This is great for many media professionals, editors, producers, instructional designers, and others that utilize Final Cut X and need to compress their videos for delivery. I did some testing with some encoding outputs to give you a feel for how long encoding is with Compressor 4.3.2 from a Final Cut X project. The project source used was 1280 x 720 at 23.98 fps, and the total project length of my export was 3 minutes 52 seconds. These are my encoding times: