Batch Render, Batch Compress

We have hundreds of video titles we are trying to convert to DVD and would like to batch render from several FCP project files each one being a different video and separate and unique project file.
The other option would be to batch compress to compressor directly from FCP, but can compressor open a new FCP project once it has finished the current project?
Any info on this would be quite useful.
Thank you,
James

Thanks for the response. For some reason I thought you couldn't render h264 from the queue. I've figured it out, though, thanks!

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You do know that when you compress the jpgs to the 90% level you're reducing the image quality of the file considerably, right? That being said, the only way to do what you want is what you did on the darkside, compress before importing into iPhoto.
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x

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