2 HOURS to make a quicktime movie on a g5?

I'm finding FCE to be a general PAIN..and an expensive one....but i'll keep today's issue as specific as possible.
why does the FAQ suggest you need to edit>export>final cut movie when in reality the menu says quicktime movie??!?!
such simple misinformation in the FAQs suggest a basic lack of concern for providing accurate support/information.
why when i try to create a dvd-playable movie i end up with a 1.86 GB file for an 8-minute film with no effects?
and why when i choose quicktime movie broadband hi-quality...
it says it's going to take 2 HOURS!?!?!?!
(and it does seriously look as though it WILL actually take 2 hours.)
2 HOURS TO RENDER AN 8-minute QUICKTIME MOVIE?

I'm using 3.0.
under quicktime conversion it says quicktime movie.
under default settings there's a number of others including broadband high.
i'd say the conversion took a little more than an hour.
the image appears ghostlier/fuzzier than with an i-movie conversion of the same appx length/data etc. i'm using quicktime 7 pro to view.
what i don't understand is how after viewing this piece a number of times before deciding it was ready to convert/author.....after conversion a fair section of almost 20 seconds of material ends up in the mov.file which doesn't play in the FCE sequence file. i wanted this post-credit material to display but it never did on canvas playback.
but it now appears in the quicktime movie.
you would think what that you see is what you get.
is mpeg the best format to author to for use in i-dvd?
thanks for your help.
clay

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