Borderless movie and screen size

I have made a borderless movie skin (http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/borderless-quicktime-movies.php). But I am having great difficulty getting the video to fit on the screen correctly.
The video is 640x960. I want it to play on a borderless movie screen that is 275x413. When the movie starts the screen is 275x413, but the video doesn't even show up. I have tried EVERYTHING - fit to screen, full screen, I have rescaled the movie in the properties. I even took the original movie and resaved it at 275x413 so that it would be the exact size at the screen I am using. The results I get are just plain inconsistent. Sometimes the movie isn't on the screen. Other times it is offset (and yes, I tried changing the offset in the properties.). I have gotten it to work a couple times but not consistantly.
I simply want the movie to play at a certain size with no borders. Seems like an easy thing to ask for but apparently not.
I can drag a corner and resize it either. Apparently this does not work with out a border, I am going nuts with this. Can anyone offer any help?
Thanks in advance.

Hate to answer my own question, but I figured out a way to do what I want.
1. open movie file in QT.
2. Resize it and save.
3. Open file with skin movie (see link in my orig post).
4. then view < normal.
It basically fits it to the screen which is the exact dimensions of the movie. If I do not view<normal then the movie is offset I can not even see it. And resetting the offset does nothing.
If anyone has a better way (less steps) to get a borderless movie to resize and fit to screen, please let me know. This works but it is cumbersome.
Thanks.

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