Is the quality better by compressing video to ipod from compressor??

Hi,
I have some video (miniDV 720x480) that I would like to put on an ipod.
When I tried to go from Final Cut> Export> Using Compressor> and using -H.264 for iPod video and iPhone 640x480- it took a long time. After 8 hours I had to stop it.
When I go from Final Cut> Export> Using QuickTime Conversion to iPod it compressed it in a couple of minutes.
Is there a big quality difference between Quicktime to ipod or Compressor to ipod?
Thanks for helping.

Marco Giordani1 wrote:
Is there a big quality difference between Quicktime to ipod or Compressor to ipod?
There can be.
If you're working with a pristine source (with crisp text and other high-contrast edges), then you'll get the best quality from Compressor, though you'll have to tweak the settings to turn Frame Controls on.
That said, unlike going out to MPEG-2, there is no benefit to exporting directly from the timeline in FCP to Compressor if you're exporting for iPods/iPhone/tv. Instead render in FCP, export a reference movie, drop that into Compressor, then turn Frame Controls to On in the preset. However, for iPod/iPhone this will still take a long time because of frame controls. Plus multi-pass is true to it's name - as many as 7-8 passes.
But, like I said, this is relevant if you're working with a clean source.

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