.mov files becoming larger as .mp4 files

Hi there everyone. I've been encoding using h.264 but keeping the .mov file extension, within compressor. I think bring it into quicktime, and export as a .mp4, but simply as a pass through. The issue i'm having is that a 150meg file will become a 280 meg file. Any Ideas?

The reason I do that, is because if i set the out put as mpeg-4 within compressor, it doesn't use h.264, while if export as a mov, it does so, and then i can have the file name end up as a mp4, which i can use on the flash sever. That plus it looks great.

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    From: [email protected]
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