Exporting from final cut as mpeg 4

Hey quick time pros
I created an mpeg 4 to view DVD clips. On the website they view ok in PC but on the MAC they become a text file. They were created and uploaded via mac.
We recreated them as H264 and reduced the files size to 5.3 meg they come through ok
Still not loading as quick as other sites I have been to.
Looking for any advice.
I am trying to create a cross platform environment with decent spped. What is the best settings?
thanks
powerbook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   17" power book

A Few Additional Comments:
1) Was looking a both examples (MPEG-4 and H.264) you posted. Noted you had reversed the MPEG-4/H.264 compression limitation strategies. MPEG-4 is the older, less efficient. As such it requires roughly 3 time the data rate required by an H.264 to achieve about the same quality.
2) Both examples employed an 11:9 aspect ratio for the display area. Assume you used a D1 rectangular setting. As I assume you will display the files in a computer browser, would likely recommend the more common 4:3 square pixel aspect ratio (320 x 240) here.
3) In addition, since both examples included wasted pixel areas, suggest you crop/scale the active area.
4) As to QT Kirk's audio and video recommendations, I prefer slightly different settings myself. For instance, I prefer to keep a higher frame rate (23.98) and a lower "per pixel" data rate/higher compression rate for video and a similar approach to the audio (ie., keeping the 44.1 kHz sampling rate and lowering the data rate). You may want to try both approaches to see which you prefer.
5) As an example I tried modifying your H.264 clip and reduced the file size by 2/3 and overall data rate for 384 kbps ISP connection. Here is the link. See what you think.
http://homepage.mac.com/jrwalker4/.Public/BallFlight2.mp4

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