.movs are much brighter than Self contained export after Compression

Hey there, I have a very interesting problem....
My .movs after using compressor are much brighter than the original self contained file from FCP.
My workflow is as follows
1. I make one export from final cut 6 as a self contained pro res movie file
2. I open the self contained file in compressor and add a h264 setting for both a .mov and a wmv
After the encoding process is done my wmv is very close to the original sequence in FCP, however my .mov is much brighter
I have tried adjusting the brightness and contrast within Compressor settings, but I find I' m losing color. The original footage is HDV and we are capturing it as Pro Res.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Or any suggestions?

After a day of tedious test work I have discovered a few things....
There is a display setting within QT preferences that says 'Enable FCP' this corrects the situation as WMV and .MOVS use different color settings and therefore a discrepancy in gamma. However this is only a solution within that computer, as it is merely a display option.
There is a gamma filter within compressor that gives us the best results for a blanket compressor setting that allows us change all .movs that go to our clients.
This does not give identical results between WMV and MOV but a very close comparison.
Will they ever be identical? or is it a fundamental difference between codecs and platforms?

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when i export from fcp using quicktime movie, do I make it self contained or not? self contained takes a lot of space..... once i hand in the files, I will delete all, don't need a copy from that work...
my main question is, does it make any difference if I use compressor with a self contained movie or a NOT-self c m?
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