What file types should I import?

Hey Everyone.
I've been using the same process for years to create my videos and burn them to DVD.
I capture and edit with FCPro and Motion.
I export out of FCPro with the
File>export>Export using compressor from the final cut menu.
This opens up compressor.
I always set the compressor settings to DVD Best Quality 90 minutes.
Then I import those MPEG2 files into DVDSP and continue the process from there.
It dawned on me today that I may not be doing this in the correct way. I started thinking... an MPEG 2 file is a compressed file. Then I import that file in DVDSP... does it compress it again. Doesn't it recompress it into a VOB file... so in essence I'm compressing it twice.
Can someone clarify this for me.... Thanks in advance.
-Fraky

It dawned on me today that I may not be doing this in the correct way. I started thinking... an MPEG 2 file is a compressed file. Then I import that file in DVDSP... does it compress it again. Doesn't it recompress it into a VOB file... so in essence I'm compressing it twice.
Some things will be recompressed, mainly on menus if you make them a certain way,, but otherwise DVD SP will not recompress m2vs that are on tracks or otherwise...in other words encoding assets outside DVD SP with Compressor for m2v and AC3/Dolby is the way to go.
The VOBS are not recompressed, they are muxed.
In other words it sounds like you are generally doing things fine

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