FCP, Quicktime and Qmaster

I am trying to use Qmaster to distribute processing from Compressor. I only have one copy of FCP so I know I need to export the FCP file as a quicktime file, then submit that quicktime file through compressor to take advantage of Qmaster and distributed processing. What I need to know, is if the end result is going to be a DVD: Best Quality file from compressor. What settings do I need to use to export the quicktime file. Also am I going to loose all the time I would have made up from using Qmaster if I have to first export a quicktime movie.
Thanks,
John

What is a G5 WorkBook?
I know of PowerBook G3 and G4s. The ones that came after were the MacBook and MacBook Pro, both of which use Intel processors.
Anyway..., click once on a QuckTime movie and press command and i keys.
Scroll down to Open With. Click the button and choose QuickTime Player from the list.
Below that, you will see some text "Use this application to open all documents like this".
Click the "Change All" button.

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