Export Movie to MPEG-4 Problem

I am trying to export an .mov file to MPEG-4 with no compression in Quicktime. The movie plays with no problem in Quicktime. However, when I try to export the file (File|Export|Options), the "passthrough" choice is grayed out and "MPEG Improved" is the highest resolution I can output. The video was taken with an Aiptek Action HD, 720p at 30 fps. At the bottom of the Options page opposite "Compatibility" it says "Image data rate too high for MPEG-4 Video Simple Profile Level 1". "Show Movie Properties" indicates the video is format is H.264 at 4.00mbits/sec and the audio is AAC at 31.98kbits/sec. I tried Google but could not find any information. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

/System/Library/QuickTime
ApplePixletVideo.component
QuickTimeIIDCDigitizer.component
QuartzComposer.component
QuickTimeMPEG.component
QuickTime Updater.app
QuickTimeMPEG2.component
QuickTime3GPP.component
QuickTimeMPEG4.component
QuickTimeBMPUpdate.component
QuickTimeStreaming.component
QuickTimeComponents.component
QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component
QuickTimeFireWireDV.component
QuickTimeVR.component
QuickTimeH264.component
/Library/QuickTime
ACTLComponent.qtx
QTFbx.component
AXELplayer.qtx
Zoomify.component
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
ZyGoVideo.component
Microcosm Decode.component
on2vp3.component
I do not have a ~/Library/Quicktime

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