adobe premiere elements 7

I am importing mp4 segment of a dvd,,,,and trying to edit a fade in and out in adobe elements. I seem to put the format to high definition, mp4 264 codec, 1280 by720 and firstly,,,the segment is 3 minutes and takes half hour to save. When it saves, it comes out with music way behind the picture. Whats going on?????
howard

What’s the resolution of the source? Is it a standard definition DVD (720x480 or 720x576)?
If it’s re-encoding it in HD (1280x720) perhaps that’s what’s taking so much processing power (and time). And the extra processing power to replay/render it would explain the desynchronization in audio.
I don’t use adobe premiere, so I don’t know where all the settings are at. Are there output settings that can be customized? In particular the resolution. You could also use a less processor-intensive codec for your output (some flavor of MPEG-4 as opposed to H.264), though you might sacrifice a bit of compression for it.