Determining what the .MOV file settings are.

I have a program on my iMac I run to create slideshows and it creates .MOV files. I then transfer these .MOV files up to my website so people can see the slideshows.
On a older version of the program I use, when I look at the .MOV files on my iMAC (through the website) the video starts playing immediately and the download bar slowly fills up.
On the new version of the program I use, the .MOV file doesn't start playing on my iMAC until the file is completely downloaded.
I looked at the settings (to the best of my ability) with QuickTime Pro, and don't see anything obvious that is different. THe file created with the new version of the software is about 300K larger.
I am assuming there is a flag or something different between the two files. Is there any utility I can use which will take a .MOV file and list out the QuickTime settings for it?
Thanks,
Dennis

For some more information.....I am using Boinx softwares Fotomagico product. I placed both versions of the file created here: http://www.longnecker.me
For the .MOV file that was created with version 2.6.2 the show starts playing immediately.
For the .MOV file that was created with version 3.0.4, the show takes awhile before playing.
The difference is even more when the file is larger. The website, and the embed code is the same. THe only difference is the version of the Fotomagico software.
Any thoughts on why/how the file is different?

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