Keynote ruining .mov files

Is there a way to stop Keynote ruining all my .mov animations by compressing them (aside from going back to Keynote 5)?
It ignores the "do not optimise" option.

I am trying to use the controls in Quicktime that you are telling me are disabled since I exported from Keynote. Perhaps if I explain the motivation, you may be able to better understand what I am trying to accomplish. I have 8 mov files I created in Keynote. The reason I spit them to 8 was based on a recommendation from an Apple Tech Support guy. My audio was not syncing up with my slides and he explained that it was due to system resources not being sufficient (RAM) and that by splitting them, I could export them to Quicktime and put them back together in Quicktime. So, I am trying to put them together into 1 file that I can make into a podcast. So, when I tried to merge them together in Quicktime, since I had no controls, I couldn't figure out how to place the 8 mov files in the correct order.
Hopefully this will make some sense to you and you will be able to offer some advice.
Thanks again!

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