Exporting in MPEG-4 for YouTube...

Hey everyone,
I know that MPEG-4 is a great file to use on YouTube but whenever i export films in this mode and then upload them to YouTube, there is always 3-5 seconds of a grey screen which appears before the video.
Here's an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOM2bGVvrsE
It's deffinitely my FCP that does it because when i worked on other FCP's and upoaded to youtube there was no problem.
Thanks,
Ryan

Heres a comparison of the two results from imovie and FCE
Imovie is first followed by FCE. Notice the huge quality difference and black bars. Im using the exact same exporting settings in both programs.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4932954/imovietest.mp4
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4932954/FCEtest.mp4

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