Formatting Slideshow movie for YouTube

Hi,
How can I create a slideshow for Youtube? I have a group of photos that I want to use to make a movie, and the process works fine. I export the movie from FCP and then use QuickTime Pro to convert it to an .mp4 movie. It plays well, except that the photos appear distorted and of low quality when playing on Youtube, and there is a black band above and below the movie when it plays.
Any help appreciated....
Patrick

The black surround is because YouTube now accepts 16:9 HiDef video and yours is not in that format.
Ken Stone has a load of articles on prepping video for YouTube, here's one for HiDef:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/you_tube_hdgary.html

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