Exported Interlaced MP4 Unplayable

I'm using the DV NTSC High Quality preset in Adobe Media Encoder CS4. The export appears to go fine, but I have trouble playing the video. The video looks very blocky and corrupt. I've tried playing it in Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player using the K-Lite Codec pack.
If I export with Progressive field order (no interlacing), the video plays fine.
I've exported a few mp4 files in MPEG Streamclip using interlacing and they seem to play fine, so I don't think it's an issue with not having the right codec for playback.
Is there something I should change in the export settings? Or is it just my computer not able to playback the files and if so, can I expect these MP4 files to play fine on other computers?

I was expecting that someone would bring that up, but I don't really see how that provides any solution.
I've tried the videos on a number of computers and so far have not found any that were able to play the MP4s. Basically, I want to be able to show the video on any other computer besides just the one I edit on - which is why I brought up the codecs (not sure how else you'd get the videos to play). Is there something else that should be installed or is it a setting I need to change in the export? That's what I'm trying to ask here.

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