What compression settings to use from finalcut4.5HD to quicktime to toast?

I've been looking thru the forums and there are a lot of questions pertaining to this issue but I'm still having issues so here goes again...:)
I'm trying to burn quicktime movie files that I created in Final Cut 4.5HD onto a data dvd. When the files are created and played from the computer, they play fine. But when I burn them onto a DVD, a few of them are really jerky in motion and sometimes the video stops while the audio keeps going. I've been reading on Apple's forum that it may have to do with the compression or the data rate at which the file is created from FinalCut. Any suggestions on what export settings to use out of Final Cut?
I tried using - File - Export - Quicktime Movie (setting: current settings...include: audio & video...make movie self-contained)...created a .mov file but it was large and jerky on the data dvd when burned...
I also tried using the - File - Export - Quicktime Conversion option as well with different variations of the settings...(i.e. quicktime movie/mpeg-2/mpeg-4 with different compression types (dv/dvcpro-ntsc/none/video/mpeg-4/animation), key frames, compressor quality, etc)...The only thing I wasn't sure about was the data rate (i.e. automatic or restrict to?....and if I use the 'restrict to' what's a good amount?).......i
I have played around w/ these settings and still get jerky motion when played on a data dvd...the only ones that played correctly were the ones created thru the mpeg-2 format setting but these were .m2v files and are separated from the audio .aiff files...(the person getting the file needs the format in .mov format)...
My purpose for these particular exports are to create relatively small but good quality quicktime files that someone else can take and post on the web
I would also like to know what settings I should use if I wanted to 'backup' files for archival purposes in case I needed to go back and use the footage for editing purposes (in this case, file size the normal 720x480).
I'm using quicktime player 7.04 basic (not pro)
I'm using Toast 7 to burn the files. Just been dragging the files onto the Data Tab - Mac & PC format.
Thanks in advance!
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Just use the movie project file in Toast, it is DV and Toast will transcode it to MPEG-2 when authoring the DVD. DOn't encode to a lossy format before Toast as Toast makes MPEG-2 which is lossy enough already without two compression cycles.
You also don't use Toast to just burn a data disc as playback of a very high bitrate QT file might be more than the DVD can deliver.
Use the Toast video tab, DVD video button and add the movie project to the drop area or select from the media browser. Read the Toast manual as well.
For backup - export the project to a fresh DV tape or store the raw DV files on a external hard disk - do not compress it to some QT format and expect it to be "archival" footage to re-edit later - it will look terrible ( and while some people think encoding it to H264 is a way around this - it isn't and takes a ton of time to encode to H264 anyway).
$5 DV tapes are the best backup in addition to a 2nd hard disk.

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