Best QT output setting for Keynote?

Apoogies in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong Forum...
It seems that, for me, the quality of QuickTime files drops somewhat when embedded and played in Keynote. As well as a change in contrast/brightness (gamma?). However, the file looks just fine when viewed in QT Player. I'm using high-quality codecs - typically either "Animation" (I do alot of recording of applications from a Mac desktop, also for when I need an alpha channel) or "h264" (when I don't need an alpha channel).
I'm not resizing the movies when they're in Keynote, so is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?
What QT output settings give the best results in Keynote? Will the file always look worse then if it's played in QuickTime Player?

You're probably doing nothing wrong. Many players will not unsqueeze the footage automatically, you have to tell it to do that with a keypress or menu setting.

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