Faster method of encoding from FCP

I posted this in compressor forum as well.
I've been encoding from FCP 5.0.2 by exporting to compressor. Using my G5 dual 2.7 - my 3 minute credits sequence took approx. 35 minutes to encode.
For other reasons, I exported the sequence to a self-contained QT movie at current settings. Then dragged it into compressor...the same sequence then encoded in approx 4 minutes.
4 vs. 35? Why is this. I'm burning a DVD of both right now to see if there is a quality difference. Is this documented else where? Have others done this with similar results?

I always export a QT movie (usually not self contained unless I also need to render it all) then import that file into Compressor for the speed difference, and encoding isn't using much RAM at all... check out the Activity monitor... it's using CPU cycles though big time. And the slowness is most likely the feeding from FCP to Compressor. Quality difference is null as far as I've seen.... exporting a movie using current settings, self contained or not is the cleanest export, because it doesn't recompress the media at all, it's a perfect copy... Animation is lossless but it's sure is a big file for no gain in this scenario...
Non self contained movies use the actual media files created by or captured by FCP so there's no loss whatsoever... The only media they actually contain is the audio and any unrendered effects full res RT or not... it will render them all...
Jerry

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    answered you over in the other forum

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