MPEG-4 problems from FCE

I am trying to create a H/264 file from a project, filmed in 4:3, in FCE to upload to YouTube.
I have tried using the default settings, and other settings, but either get a file error:'unknown folder' message or the quality is very poor. In my 'image size' options I have choosen 768x576SD...is his correct?
Any ideas what's going wrong?
Thanks in advance

Hi Martin
I have found where I was going wrong... I went to 'Export'>Format>H.264... which gave poor results. I found if I went 'Export'> QT Conversion>QT Movie then chose the H.264 option, this works perfectly.
Is 768x576 the wrong size format for 4:3 video? ...this has always confused me.

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