Render out in Shake

Hi,
I'm currently checking out my new copy of shake and attempting to get my head around a very new way of working! Just running through the tutorials and have run into something which is confusing me...any help would be great!
Basically, I'm using the render out node as per the tutorial but cannot seem to render anything other than a series of single frame files, whether they be quicktime format or not. I may be doing something wrong or not understanding the output module correctly but I was under the impression that rendered files would work in a similar way as they do from AE, producing a quicktime file which you can then view or incorporate into your other apps, not just provide a series of files that are re-openable by Shake.
Any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks in advance
Alex
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