“Always export using Quicktime Export.” !!!!!!!!! I could tell by the tone that I was being told something that I should have known. And you were absolutely right David. Rather than the workflow suggested by FCP, adding another step saves many many hours. The workaround, not only solved my problem, but saved me more that 24 hours. It took compressor 12 times longer to convert a sequence within FCP then it took to export to quicktime and convert it using Compressor as a stand alone utility. Thank you,
jmf