Self-contained QT file to Sorenson.

I'm exporting a self-contained QT file from FCP to my desktop and then importing into Sorenson 5 For Flash. My QT export file ended up to be around 30 GB (for a 20 min HD vid- using the lower quality LP HD recording mode on a Sony SR-11).
My question is what ways, if any, can I decrease that 30GB QT file? (aside from shooting less That just seems too large for the amount of footage I've shot. Is an uncompressed file the only way to go when importing to Sorenson?
The crunching takes about 3 1/2 hours in Sorenson and I'd like to get that down a bit.
I'm fairly new with this machine and set up so any ideas at all would help.
Thanks.

That just seems too large for the amount of footage I've shot.
Without knowing what video format you shot/edited, it would be hard to say what size it should be.
-DH

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