YouTube/File Size

I have an 8-minute clip I want to upload to YT, among other sites. At that length, it becomes a rather large file to try to put on YT.
So the question is: If I print to video in Final Cut then recapture that footage, can I beat the File-size sheriff at YT this way?
I've used this trick to get around a YT glitch gremlin that caused some audio issues in the past. But I never thought about file size until my normally 5-minute works grew into an 8-minute piece this go-round.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Hi. I am fairly happy with the YouTube results of files I upload to them using H.264 via Compressor. You can easily get under 100MB with your 10 minute video. For longer videos use the preset in Compressor for fast broadband streaming. I generally experiment with a few sets of settings. FWIW you can check out my results at YT by searching "Covita".
As a side note, if I need folks to see a better quality, I send them to my .mac account website, where they can view the videos in Quicktime just as I upload them. Very nice.
Dual G5/2.5GHz/4.5 GB, internal ATA, G-SATA 500 Mac OS X (10.4.9) Final Cut Studio (I) 5.0.4

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