FCP to DVD and making movie file smaller

Hi Guys
I have a project I made in FCP, it is HDV 1440x1080 and it is one hour long. I have exported it as a 'make movie self contained' quicktime movie and the end result is 12gb and it says the dimensions are 1920x1080
I have dropped it into compressor and submitted it to make a 90 minute DVD, it's doing it's think now but will take about 2-3 hours it seems, is this right or is there a quicker way?
Also I dropped the movie onto an external HD and copied it over to my laptop but when I try to play it it says it is unable to play because it doesn't recognise it. Now it is a quicktime movie I converted from FCP and I have quicktime 7 on my laptop so why will it not recognise it?
I have dropped the self contained movie into Mpeg Streamclip as I want to make it smaller and into something that I can put on my HD and then play on my laptop, what should I convert it to? or is there another way I can export the project out of FCP that will make it a smaller file and one I can put on my Harddrive to then play on my laptop?
Thanks for any responses
Mich

> will take about 2-3 hours it seems, is this right or is there a quicker way?
An hour of footage as HDV?  Yeah, this is normal.  Even if it was ProRes, it would still take a couple hours.
>Now it is a quicktime movie I converted from FCP and I have quicktime 7 on my laptop so why will it not recognise it?
Don't have FCP installed on that laptop do you?  The HDV codec (and XDCAM and DVCPRO HD) that FCP uses, captures too and exports, ONLY comes with FCP.  DOn't have it, and the computer cannot see the file.
>I want to make it smaller and into something that I can put on my HD and then play on my laptop, what should I convert it to?
H.264.  Use the QT 7 STREAMING options in Compressor

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