Export Quicktime with leading header out of AE CS4

Hi everyone,
I have to get a workflow with the Rosendahl bonsaiDRIVE (portable video and audio multitrack recorder) and After Effects up and running. Unfortunately the only files that server accepts via Ethernet are Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 Quicktime files with a leading header. It no problem creating those files with Quicktime Pro. I just have to check Prepare for Internet Streaming and it works fine.
Is there any way to get files like that right out of After Effects? I can't use the renderlist as there's no such option as Prepare for Internet Streaming. When trying it with Export -> Quicktime i can enable it but the Server keep telling me that theres no leading QT header and therefor refuses the file.
Is that some kind of bug or am i missing something?
Best regards
Michael

You're probably getting that error because of a frame size/codec conflict.
Your comp is 900x600, and the MainConcept codec is looking for a frame size of 720x480 (NTSC DV).
Using the Quicktime wrapper to export the H.264 is a fine optioin, however, AE will not do as good of a job compressing to that codec as Quicktime Pro, or a dedicated compression application would do. AE can only cache a limited number of frames for the compression process (frames before and after the current frame), and as a result, the compression quality and filesize will not be as small as they could be by using a different tool for the job.
As such, your supposition about rendering out an uncompressed/losslessly compressed movie and then running it through QT Pro (or another compression application) yielding superior results was a correct one.

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