MPEG Streamclip rip - codec for FCE + QT viewing on Mac AND PC?

Based on the helpful advice of this forum, I am ripping a bunch of DVD's of home movies into a large number of discrete .mov files that I can (1) import into FCE for editing and (2) view directly and effortlessly using QT on both a Mac AND a PC (I want to send these files to others). Maintaining image quality is very important given the less than perfect MPEG 2 source material.
I am following the suggested process using MPEG STREAMCLIP, including trimming and light cutting of unwanted sections before creation of each file.
My question is what is the best export process and settings for my situation?. Given the less than ideal quality of the MPEG-2 source, I would like to avoid further degradation if possible. Choices:
1. EXPORT to .mov using AIC codec -- clearly the best choice for editing and QT playback on a MAC -- but unable to playback using QT on a PC without buying/loading the AIC software. This is a problem since I want the ability to give the .mov files to others and allow them play on a PC without instructions or the hassle of a software download.
2. EXPORT to .mov with another Codec -- but which CODEC? --which codec allows effortless playback with QT/ MAC and PC while retaining original MPEG-2 quality -- and allows for later editing in FCE?
3. SAVE AS .mov -- my understanding is that this copies the original MPEG-2 (after trimming and cuts) and eliminates transcoding. Is this accurate? If so, will it play effortlessly on a MAC and PC? Am I sacrificing anything when importing into FCE (other than the need to transcode from MPEG-2 into AIC)
Thanks in advance for the help.

Martin, I Exported my rip using MPEGstreamclip DV/DVCPRO-NTSC full quality, then exported QT Movie out of FC after editing a bit. Put it back to DVD using DVDSP and used Compressor due to tutorials I watched from Larry Jordon, saying I would get a better quality compression using compressor. I know you are probably scratching your head at this point saying, wait, FCE doesn't come with Compressor or DVDSP. At this time I'll have to admit, I have FCstudio but started out with Express and like the FCE forum better then the FC forum.
The setting in compressor I used are:
Name: MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass
Description: Fits up to 90 minutes of video with Dolby Digital audio at 192 Kbps or 60 minutes with AIFF audio on a DVD-5
File Extension: m2v
Estimated file size: 2.72 GB/hour of source
Type: MPEG-2 video elementary stream
Usage:SD DVD
Video Encoder
Format: M2V
Width and Height: Automatic
Pixel aspect ratio: Default
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
Start timecode from source
Aspect ratio: Automatic
Selected 16:9
Field dominance: Automatic
Average data rate: 6.2 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum data rate: 7.7 (Mbps)
High quality
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP
DVD Studio Pro meta-data enabled

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    I was a longtime PC user, decided a year ago to try a mac (macbook pro) and have been generally happy with the decision (a few complaints like lack of a real maximize button, no easy way to tile windows, lack of the snap feature ... and sorry fanboys, but just because apple did not decide to implement something does NOT mean that the feature carries no merit).  My wife retains her PC laptop, and I have them networked through wi-fi at the house.  We have been longtime users of elements and back when we both had windows (and elements on each), keeping the library on a NAS was fairly easy.  Initially the folder on the NAS was simply set as the location for the originals uploaded from either laptop, with that folder set as a watch folder in both copies of elements and photos imported to each laptop/copy of elements.  This lead to different libraries on each laptop (ie the crops/edits/tags were different) but at least the core library of originals on each computer was the same.  I then tried keeping the library for both laptops on the NAS (they were sharing the same file) and this worked fair, but did not like that if you took one laptop on vacation, that laptop would only be able to show thumbnails as the full library was not stored locally.  I believe it is/was possible to keep a master library on the NAS and have mulitple copies of elements sync to the same file - but I was never able to achieve this...and then I got the mac and stopped trying.
    So now I have a multiple OS network, and trying to keep the photos organized is proving near impossible.  My current solution is to TRY to bring all the photos into the system through iphoto on the mac, export the keepers to a file on the NAS which has been set as a watch folder on my wifes PC/elements.  This does not set well with my wife, as she does not like having to find my mac to get photos off the camera, and besides it is really irksome to have to do 2 full sets of tagging/editing, and the automation in this system is essentially nil.  The only fairly elegant solutions I have found involve $200-500 digital asset management software.  Having the organizer on the mac would be a large step toward a solution as the database of metadata (beyond simple exif data) would be in the same format across platforms.  The number of people with multiple OS home networks is only going to to continue to grow, and an elegant, relatively inexpensive solution to the above problems would find a large market.
    Soooo... after all that, what have others done in the same situation?  I am not particularly interested in cloud solutions, as so far the speed issues seem prohibitive and I am still somewhat concerned about privacy.
    Thanks

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    And there are up to 5 rackspaces vertically for your outboard gear. This thing is the converter only and you still need to get a 12 space rack.
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