H.264 video wont play on iphone

I went to the Apple store this weekend to check out the phone. I went to some video on the internet that I knew was H.264 encoded (for instance the movie at http://www.soothingenvironments.com/pacificrhythmsvideo.html) but it would not play on the phone. It seems to be within spec (h.264 and below 1.5 mb/s). Does anyone know why this wouldnt play or if there is additional specific requirements for video for the phone?

Yeah I've had a few video podcasts from itunes and even some videos from apple.com not play. I think it has something to do with the scale of the video that has to be with in spec, so does the audio encoding.
Here is the video spec list from apple.com:
Video
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
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