Flash Frame Sizes in YouTube

Hello There,
I’m back in video after a decade long absence and I’m completely new to YouTube because I’ve been living on a continent that rarely even has Internet. I’ve got some old footage I need to put on YouTube, but YouTube’s specs are a bit contradictory at times.
Starting from the get go, I have several questions and I hope you can point me in the right direction. It sounds like an FLV file is what I should go for, so I’ll base my questions on that. Don’t hesitate to answer between the lines. And don’t hesitate to tell me to change tracks.
The most clear export I can make from my old Avid editing program is an uncompressed QuickTime movie. I can’t find anything in the YouTube specs about QuickTime moives. They don’t say they’re good. They don’t say they’re bad. Can I convert to an FLV file and upload to YouTube with good results?
When I export non-HD material from my editing program, what frame size do I export?
When I convert to an FLV file, what size do I re-size to? Or does YouTube resize whatever I send to them to the right size?
When I convert to an FLV file, what’s a reasonable bitrate for video? How about audio?
Or do I even need to bother with the above? In one YouTube information sheet, it sounded like I could just upload a plain old MPEG2 file and YouTube would go from there. Correct or not?
What’s the benefit of an alpha channel? It seems like the files get smaller, but I can’t get them to play at all after I’ve ticked alpha.
If anyone needs the information, I’m using Avid Xpress Pro 4.3 and have access to both AVS and TMPG 3 for MPEG conversion. My computer has plenty of horsepower.
And I'm using CS3 from Adobe.
Thanks beforehand for your help.
CS

Hi There,
I'll mark as answered. Seems like we're on the right track.
I'll upload a small video as a test. But I feel a little bit guilty about that, since I'd be taking up YouTube computer space for something that's essentially worthless.
Is there any way to test a video on YouTube before a final submission?
Thanks again for your help.
CS

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