Export for computer viewing. H264?

I exported my 33 minute FCE film as Export>QuickTime Movie and got a beautiful end result and a file size of 13.47 GB, all as I expected. I will use iDVD to make a DVD of the film from this QuickTime movie.
I would like to export another version of the movie to keep on my internal hard drive purely for viewing on the computer (no additional editing or burning to DVD). Although I would like to have decent quality for this version, my main concern is to end up with a relatively small file size. It doesn't have to be tiny, but certainly smaller than 13.47 GB.
I intend to use Export>QuickTime Conversion, but have some questions about how to accomplish what I want. First, though…..
My video is:
Frame size: 1280x720
Vid rate: 29.97fps
Compressor: Apple Intermediate Codec
My audio is:
Aud Rate: 48.0 KHz
Aud Format: 16-bit integer
Data rate: 187.5 K/sec
My sequence settings match my video and audio.
Here are my questions:
1. Is h264 the compressor I should use?
2. The default video settings for h264 are:
Quality: High
Key frame rate: 24
Frame reordering: yes
Encoding mode: multi-pass
Dimensions: 556x313 (Current)
Are those the settings I should use? And why are the dimensions stated as 556x313 (Current) even though my video in FCE is 1280x720?
(The default audio settings match my audio settings in FCE so I assume they're fine.)
3. Since I don't intend to put the movie on the Internet, should I uncheck "Prepare for Internet Streaming"?
4. I started an export using these settings and got an estimate that it was going to take over three hours to finish the export. That's significantly longer than it took to export the original Export>QuickTime Movie version. Does that seem right?
Thanks,
Steve

Hi Steve
1. Is h264 the compressor I should use?
Yes - right now H.264 is pretty much the go-to codec for universal video playback. It's a highly compressed codec (meaning that it generally requires a more powerful processor for playback) but gives you great quality at relatively small file sizes.
2. ... Are those the settings I should use? And why are the dimensions stated as 556x313 (Current) even though my video in FCE is 1280x720?
The dimensions will be whatever the size of your Quicktime window. So if you've reduced your QT playback window, you'll see those values are smaller than expected. You can change this to full-frame if you want to keep your true frame size.
Yes, you can turn off Internet Streaming.
4. I started an export using these settings and got an estimate that it was going to take over three hours to finish the export. That's significantly longer than it took to export the original Export>QuickTime Movie version. Does that seem right?
Yes, and here's why. When you originally exported from FCE, the system wasn't doing any transcoding. It was using the same codec and frame size as the raw video you're working with. That's why the file size is so large. When you export to a more compressed codec, like H.264, there's a lot of processing to be done. The speed of your system will greatly affect the time that this takes. Three hours for a half hour piece is not unheard of. Perhaps you can run it overnight?
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