Exporting from Finalcut6 to Compressor

hello everyone
i want to put a 14min DV clip on my iweb Site. I have edited in Finalcut 6 and have exported to compressor directly from timeline.
i chose the H.264 300kbs Streaming option. I got a 21.7 mg file
I dont like the quality though. I cannot change the paramaters in the Inspestor?
How can i improve the quality of my compressed video?
What is the difference if i export from FinalCut to Quicktime and change the paramaters there, like
frame rate, bit rate etc
I see beautiful video quality on the web and im trying to improve mine. I know it has to do with the original source footage codec plus the compression settings
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
thanks
Danny

i actually tried 800kbs and it looked a little better but when i posted it on my
iweb it didnt open so i thought it might be too big 65mg.
i know i should be trying different parameters I would like to increase the dimensions of the clips view
i was trying to change it in compressor but it didnt let me?
thanks
Danny

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