Get 25P dv tape footaged exported via FCP to Flash - Old chestnut

Hi,
First I'm sure its here on the discussion board somewhere, but it isn't coming up on a search.
I have been roped in at very short notice to video a corporate interview, by day job company (on the cheap) this is one shot gig, I don't want get it wrong as I'll look very bad in my day job.
I've been asked to supply output in perhaps 1 of 3 ways, ultimately the video will be hosted on internal company website, as Flash video, so I maybe asked to supply Flash video (swf object?), MPEG (not sure what variety for conversion to flash by someone else (maybe), or outputting back to tape, to allow someone else to do all the converting, MPEG to FLASH, etc.
I've been advised it is best to shoot progressive scan, I have Sony V1, I intended to shoot DV tape.
Questions, I don't have access Adobe Premiere Pro (after my last PC meltdown, I went wholesale to Mac, everything I love it), so don't appear to have the ability to output from FCP Studio 2 to Flash (or do I?) or can someone direct me to cheap alternative download for converting FCP out put to Flash (tried ffmpegxx, doesn't want to work) anything else?
Compressor outputs MPEG, anybody hazard a guess on what variety of MPEG, would be best suited for conversion later to Flash, as the people I'm dealing with are none tech intermediries corporate types, who don't know when they should admit they don't know what they are talking about.
And as I don't know as much as I like, but am prepared to admit it.
Anybody got any suggestions on a good relatively cheap radio mic rig, for both corporate tie clip mic, that I can turn to use with handheld microphone later?

to convert QT file to Flash:
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