When exporting a movie in Avid Cinema using one of the "Save movie for..." formats, the "Time Remaining" and progress bar indicators may not work properly. In some circumstances, especially with longer movies, the "Time Remaining" indicator will reach zero and the progress bar will become full before the movie has been completely saved.
In this situation, although it may appear that Avid Cinema has "hung" (the cursor will still move), you should continue to wait until Avid Cinema has completed the export process. When the export is complete, Avid Cinema will resume normal functioning. The delay could be as long as 10 minutes or more, depending on the length and complexity of the movie being exported.
This occurs on all existing versions of Avid Cinema (1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2).
This article was published in the 14 May 1997 "Information Alley".