Adobe Media Encoder: Converting QuickTime to Flash?

Hi Creatives and Techno-wizards!
I'm trying to put video(s) online. They were created in Final Cut Express (QuickTime), in HD 1920x1080 format. My first attempt to encode a 5 minute video resulted in a 27Mb file (of course, I reduced the resolution to about 500 pixels wide during the encoding). But, since I'm not familiar with encoding to Flash, can someone tell me: Is 27Mb a large file to be uploading to my website (I want it to be downloadable to viewers "progressively", as opposed to true streaming). Does anyone know if I should resize when I export from Final Cut Express, and then encode from there? Will it make my files smaller? Or is it okay to do the resizing during the encoding process? Does it make any difference? Is there a preferred method/procedure/order of doing things to minimize file sizes? Any advice at all (with regard to ANY aspect of encoding to Flash) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Vic

wallybarthman wrote:
.. Self-contained files only contain references to your existing media files.
self-contained is a reference.. ? may I quote pgs 1014 of manual:
*Choosing the Type of QuickTime Movie to Export*
You can create two kinds of QuickTime movies with the Export QuickTime Movie
command—a self-contained movie or a reference movie.
• Self-contained movie: A self-contained movie contains the video and audio media—
_all of the data_ used to create your movie is within a single file. This single file can be
safely and easily copied to another computer without worrying that you need other
files to play it back.
• Reference movie: A reference movie is _a very small file_ that contains pointers, or
references, to all of the captured clips used in your sequence. The actual media is
located in the original media files. .. .

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