Changing Thumbnail for iPod Movie in Quicktime

I have Quicktime Pro and I use it to export to movies to my iPhone.
I know you can create a poster frame from any frame in the movie. However, I'd like to make a poster frame that isn't included in the movie. And by that I mean, I'd like the iPod movie thumbnail to be an image not from the movie. I'd like it to be a graphic, and I don't want that graphic to appear in the movie.
Is there any clever way to go about doing this?

Use the Finder Get Info window:
Leopard creates "custom" icons for most file formats. Use it to do the work.
Create your image file (or use one already created). Open the Get Info window and in the upper left corner you'll see a small icon of your file.
Single click (to highlight) and Command-c to Copy.
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Thanks for you post, Jon, but my questions remain largely unanswered.
Sorry, must have been half asleep when I attempted to respond.
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1) I have downloaded Streamclip and tried to do as you suggested but the output video still doesn't play on my iPod. Again, I am looking for a tested workflow which would spare me the time it takes to get fully acquainted with the intricacies of H.264 profiles. I will certainly want to learn more about this in the near future, but for the time being I just need a solution to convert my media catalogue.
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Yes, really blew it there thinking all you wanted was an H.264/AAC file that did not need to be iPod compatible.
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