Compressor vs. DVDSP for encoding

I've been searching some older posts comparing Compressor with DVDSP for encoding. I'm using DVDSP4. I have always used Compressor for encoding Mpeg-2 and AC3 files. I started looking at the encoder settings in preferences. It seems that I should absolutely ignore these? The encoder simply isn't doing any work at this point? If circumstances were different and the DVDSP encoder were the way to go, what exactly - what kind of video would I be laying out on the tracks of DVDSP if they hadn't been encoded yet?
Thanks, Chris

there's no reason to stop using Compressor, it gives you more control and generally somewhat better quality.
You'd use MOV files which it would then encode on its own.

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