H264 - difference between MOV / MP4 container?

Hi Folks,
I'm compressing broadcast video from PR422 Quicktime to an intermediate quality / size movie (for ease of transfer by internet).
My associate is using Sorenson Squeeze to compress this intermediate file to a smaller FLASH FLV file for web delivery.
Is there any difference or advantage in the intermediate file (H.264 Codec) being rendered into Quicktime (mov) or MP4?
Thanks for any input ...
Gary
(PS - i notice that when I render in MOV format, with a simiar data rate to MP4, there's noticeable pixelation and artifacts in the output ... Premiere doesn't seem to handle MOV renders with anywhere near the quality that Final Cut did .. ?!)

hi Jon,
the "MOV vs MP4" quandry was for an intermediate stage of file delivery, as I mentioned in my 1st post. I'm mastering in ProRes 4:2:2, (6 gig), compressing to "intermediate" (MP4 vs MOV), then sending this "intermediate" by file transfer to an associate who compresses via Sorenson Squeeze to a 150 Meg Flash FLV file.
He uses this "intermediate" file I send as his source material for Sorenson Squeeze.
In the past, I used Final Cut Express' MOV output to a 350 Meg file with good resolution. Premiere CC's "good" resolution for this intermediate file weighs in at 700 Meg; it's 350 Meg output is badly pixelated.
I'm switching to MP4 as "container-type" for the intermediate file, which produces a nice output around the 350 Meg mark. Either "container" (MOV or MP4) holds the H.264 codec, so it's odd that MOV output is so distorted.
Anyway, we'll stick with MP4 for now. My "Squeeze" guy was kind of stuck on Quicktime for some reason ...
Gary

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What is the difference between MOVE and WRITE TO ststement?
When do we use both of them?
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MOVE
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MOVE source {TO|?TO} destination.
destination {=|?=} source.
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The data object destination can be any data object that can be listed at a write position, and the data object source can be a data object, a predefined function or a functional method (as of release 6.10). The data type of the data object destination must either be compatible with the data type of source, or it must be possible to convert the content of source into the data type of destination according to one of the conversion rules.
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Write
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WRITE - TO
Syntax
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 [int_format_options].
Effect:
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System fields
sy-subrc Meaning
0 The data object specified in source_name was found and the assignment was executed.
4 The data object specified in source_name was not found and the assignment was not executed.
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pls. look into it.Good explanation on you requirement.
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