Final Cut Express to .flv

I shoot movies in Mini DV and import to FCE for editing. Up until now I've been content publishing my movies as .mov. I guess I should mention that my target audience is online (web). The typical length of my movies is 3-5 minutes. Depending on my audience, I save the movies at 192x144px or 320x240px. My typical procedure is to edit in FCE and export as .mov. I then import that file into Cleaner 6 to be sized and compressed.
I have just purchased Macromedia's Studio 8 and it has its own Flash Video Encoder software that I would like to take advantage of. I'm wondering what would be the best procedure to take a movie of 3-5 minutes and compress it appropriately from FCE to ultimately publish as a .flv. Should I export the movie at its target size, ie 192x144, from FCE and import directly to Flash allowing its codec to compress for me or should I still export to Cleaner or another compression program THEN import that file to Flash? Are there any other compression programs comparable to or better than Sorenson or Cleaner (price and quality of output)?
I'm extremely impressed with the quality of the .flv that is at http://www.wegmans.com. Their current video is almost 5 minutes long and streams nicely over my cable modem with little or no degradation of audio or video.
Which brings up my last topic. Do I need a web host that will "allow" streaming (vs progressive) download or is it safe to assume that if I'm already successfully posting progressive download movies with my host that I can also upload streaming video?
Sorry this is so long. Answers to any/all questions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I don't know Studio 8, but if it can handle it the best way would be to to it all in one pass. Export to QuickTime Movie take that it Studio 8 and let it compress it.
Yes, you need a host that allows streaming.

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