Converting video from FCE for 5G

I am running FCE 3.0 and I have tried several times to export a movie using the built-in iPod video output format. iTunes accepts the movie but iTunes won't sync the video to the 5G iPod, stating it is not a compatible format. I use the following sequence: File/Export/Using Quicktime Conversion/Format pulldown: iPod (320/240). A 20 minute video takes 3+ hours to convert.
When I export the same movie to QuickTime and use QT Pro 7.03 and export the movie I can successfully move the movie to the iPod using iTunes. Plus, the format conversion only takes about 30 minutes. I have successfully converted 4-5 movies to the iPod format and have downloaded many more from the web, so I guess that iTunes & the 5G iPod are working correctly.
Is there a known problem w/ the FCE iPod format export function? or is there some other setting I am missing? or ....

James,
Thanx for the feedback. I think my problem is in my video. To make my troubleshooting proceed faster, I output only a 1 minute scene of the video using the same steps I described at the start of this thread (and as you describe). I took my 1 minute video, dropped it in to iTunes as before, connected my 5G and it synced over to the 5G. My 1:00 scene video transferred to the 5G w/o complaint. Go figure.
Now I have to incrementally add scenes, output it and see when it balks again. Ughhh.
If you are interested, there are some useful links in a similar thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1236025#1236025
Thank you,
Bill

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