Exporting movie - self contained = help

Hello,
I've finished my work in fcp, im ready to export; I need to make 2 different formats for every exported movie.. one is for dvd and the other is for internet (will use compressor)
when i export from fcp using quicktime movie, do I make it self contained or not? self contained takes a lot of space..... once i hand in the files, I will delete all, don't need a copy from that work...
my main question is, does it make any difference if I use compressor with a self contained movie or a NOT-self c m?
thanks

referenced movies work just fine in compressor so long as you are not about to delete the raw footagen or render files.

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    Additionally the Quicktime icon in my dock when clicked displays a question mark. I tried downloading Quicktime but still no go.
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    Right but what I am trying to convey is that I need to generate the brushed chrome framed, high quality, up-loadable, stand alone video that I used to get with ease and I cannot get that with my FCE. What are you calling it, what is the proper term because I always called them Quicktime. I made one less than 2 months a go.
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    For more information, including detailed information on settings, see Chapter 72,
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    Tom, it's all a bit confusing, although I have spent considerable time with Canon on this!  What I KNOW is FCP 7 will import footage shot on our Canon XF300 natively.  The exact codec FC uses is
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    Hi:
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