Trying to compress a QuickTime after it finishes rendering - No luck so far

I'm pretty new to Automator, and what I want to do seems fairly simple, but I cannot seem to make it work.
Basically what I am trying to do is to compress a Quicktime movie after it has finished render out of After Effects.
I am using the "QuickTime Compression Actions and Workflow 1.0" found here:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Automator-Actions---Workflows/QuickTime-Compression -Actions-and-Workflow.shtml
When I have set up an Automator Plug-In as a folder action, it doesn't do anything when a file renders to that folder. If I physically drag and drop the file to that folder it will work, but that defeats the purpose.
I have also tried some weird workarounds like rendering a single still frame AFTER the rendered movies is competed, called "finish.jpg", and then making a workflow that goes - Filter Finder Item (name - is equal to - finish.jpg) > Ask for Finder Item (which is pointed to the folder the files will render too) > Get Folder Contents > Filter Finder Items (name extension - contains - mov) > Compress QuickTime Using Most Recent Settings.
Now this "mostly" works, but the problem is that when it runs, it pops up a dialog box for the "Filter Finder Items" & requires me to click "Continue", and then the "Ask for Finder Items" pops up dialog asking me to choose a folder.
Obviously I am trying to figure out a way to get this done without my input.
Not sure I under or over explained this, but I would love some help or pointers.
Automator seems really cool and powerful but it feels like it is missing some simple key elements.

An Automator workflow is only as successful as the actions that it uses. There are many third party actions out there that can fill in the gaps. Folder Actions do not work very well if they are repeatedly triggered or triggered while the script is still running, so this may not be the way to go.
What are using to render your movie? Are you using the application itself, or one of Adobe's Automator actions? An action should return the results of what it does, so a render action should return the paths of the rendered files so that they can be used by following actions.

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