When I export to file an event from the log the export takes forever even if it's very short video. If I compare this to the speed of saving to file from Geovision the avermedia is like X10 slower.

Is this as good as it gets or is there a faster way to export?

I am going to iLink Professionals tomorrow and they have new 7.3 beta install in there R&D Lab, and I'll check if the new release has made any improvements on exporting video to disk in an AVI or MPEG file. I am assuming that you are talking about exporting video to disk in an AVI or MPEG format, which requires the converting of the video. I’ll try to post an update in day or so. If you are referring to something else then please update your post.

Download 7.3 and you should see some difference in speed.