How to Maintain Timeline in FCP Upon Import?

Forum,
When I send my sequence from FCP to Compressor it shows up as one big file, which also means that it comes back to FCP as one big file - not what I need.
My goal is to send my project round trip without seeing any change in my timeline whatsoever.
I suppose I could try dragging the movie off the timeline into a bin and the export the bin to Compressor, but last time I tried that I ended up with tons of separate video and audio clips in my bin.
Is there a way to do this?
Thank you,
Trey

Hey,
I don't want to make any changes to what's in my timeline. I'm looking for a way to re-compress it without having to rebuild/re-edit (whatever you want to call it).
I just want it to look the same when it comes back to FCP as it did upon export for re-compression. This has not been the case so far. How can I re-compress without having to manually bring clips back into my timeline and then manually arrange them?
I hope this is not too convoluted, sir. Maybe I'm just having a difficult time articulating the problem. Sorry.
Thanks, man.
Trey

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