lol, oh i know all about rendering time, the more lighting effects you have the longer it will take to render
to give you an idea
the song i choose is 4:28 minutes
econds or 268 seconds
now each second contains aprox 30 frames
and depending on the complexity of the the frame being rendered each frame could take anywhere from 3 to 50 seconds, i've even seen it go up to 2 minutes (but that was ultra complex, and it was just a still shot, not an animation)
now, lets go worst case senierio:
60 seconds a frame
30 frames a second
268 seconds total
totaled tahts 482400 seconds for the entire movie, that equals 8040 minutes or 134 hours or 5 days 14 hours
so in turn if i had ALL the creation work done right now, it would take 5 days 14 hours to render all the clips
then after that theres editing, putting all the clips in order and sound effects (if needed), video effects, don't forget re-renders for mistakes (we all make them)
its a big progect to be doing alone
i've taken abreak today, and am trying to test out vista on my 3rd hdd, but the beta 2 barly has any compatable drivers