Encoding movies for iPad

Hi guys!
I'm currently upgrading a clients site for iPad support (video playback) and I'm have a VERY hard time producing videos that will actually play on iPad.
I'm using the following specification:
"H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;"
The software I'm using is Adobe Media Encoder and my preset fullfills all the requirements above but it just won't do and I've spent a whole day trying to get it work. iPad seems EXTREMELY picky about its videos. Ditching Flash might be a good idea but this is just insane.
This is the info (I used MediaInfo Mac) from one of my test movies:
General / Container Stream #1
Total Video Streams for this File.................1
Total Audio Streams for this File.................1
Video Codecs Used.................................AVC
Audio Codecs Used.................................AAC LC
File Format.......................................MPEG-4
Play Time.........................................57s 877ms
Total File Size...................................14.9 MiB
Total Stream BitRate..............................2 155 Kbps
Video Stream #1
Codec (Human Name)................................AVC
Codec (FourCC)....................................avc1
Codec [email protected]
Frame Width.......................................1 024 pixels
Frame Height......................................576 pixels
Frame Rate........................................25.000 fps
Total Frames......................................1446
Display Aspect Ratio..............................16:9
Video Standard....................................PAL
Scan Type.........................................Progressive
Color Space.......................................YUV
Codec Settings (Summary)..........................2 Ref Frames
QF (like Gordian Knot)............................0.135
Codec Settings (CABAC)............................No
Codec Settings (Reference Frames).................2
Video Stream Length...............................57s 840ms
Video Stream BitRate..............................1 995 Kbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
Bit Depth.........................................8 bits
Video Stream Size.................................13.8 MiB (93%)
Video Stream Language.............................English
Date of Original Encoding.........................UTC 2011-01-06 15:17:53
Audio Stream #1
Codec.............................................AAC
Codec (FourCC)....................................40
Audio Stream Length...............................57s 877ms
Audio Stream BitRate..............................157 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
Number of Audio Channels..........................2
Audio Channel's Positions.........................Front: L R
Sampling Rate.....................................48.0 KHz
Audio Stream Size.................................1.09 MiB (7%)
Audio Stream Language.............................English
Date of Original Encoding.........................UTC 2011-01-06 15:17:53
Any help will be extremely appreciated because I already lost a whole day due to this!

Try encoding a small source video directly in iTunes and then check the specifications afterwards in Quicktime (QT). Better still, open the video in QT directly and export it for iPad playback. Then follow the first step above.

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