Embedded QuickTime Player - Behaves STRANGELY ?

I'm embedding QuickTime (264) videos that run at about 1 mbps. Which is fine for most broadband, but occasionally a connection is too slow for even this fairly modest data rate.
I'm frustrated by how QuickTime behaves when it can't download fast enough. Instead of pausing the video and resuming it once enough of the stream has been buffered, it either:
A) pauses the video, and never automatically resumes it, even when the whole video is downloaded, or
B) restarts the whole video from the beginning
Is this normal? (I can't imagine it is). Are there parameters for dictating how buffering/playback should behave? What am I missing? Every other modern streaming format/player handles this type of situation elegantly. Why can't QuickTime?

The feature known as progressive download isn't an exact formula but rather a "guess" based on the data rate, file size and connection speed of the visitor. If it guesses "wrong" the player should stop playback then resume (at the place it stopped) as enough data has been downloaded.
The viewing machine has the option of telling QuickTime its connection speed (QuickTime Control Panel) or using an "automatic" setting. If those settings are too high then your file will begin playback prematurely.
Lots of other variables can cause troubles, too. The speed of your server as it sends the file. Bandwidth connection overloads caused by traffic.
Even the file itself can "fool" QuickTime. If your file starts with 2 seconds of black and then low action scenes then switches to more data intensive info the progressive download will probably stutter.
Your file data rate would be excessive on my connection speed and dial-up users may have to wait 10 or more minutes just to see the first frame.

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