Horrible quality in media browser

Hi
It's a big problem for me : all my movies are encoded with a worse quality at any size. So it's published on .mac gallery with horrible quality. So the problem is in the Media browser export qulity. When I use it in iWeb the problem is the same. Nota: my preferences are PAL, I think it's not the problem. Seomeone can help me?

OK : I import from DV cam, I make a project, that's look OK, I share it for media browser, and it's awful when I use that in iWeb, .mac gallery, etc.
http://gallery.mac.com/fabricel#100066
I opened the package. The video in iMovie project/movie/Movies (the shared movie) is look awful too of course. The dv source in iMovie Events/movie/ is OK, no problem. When I "export the movie", it's awful. If I "export with QT", always with iMovie, it's OK. I think there's a problem with a specific codec of iLife'08.
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