No progressive download for H.264?

I was encoding a 6 minute video for web delivery in H.264 and it appeared that there is no provision for encoding for Fast Start or other setting to allow progressive download. The 6 minute video compressed in H.264 to about 30MB and was only downloadable off our web host as a full download. This required about 20-25 seconds on cable modem. Not a satisfactory result!
Does anyone know how to set for progressive download? I had the same experience when encoding into the variations in QuickTime.
This is crazy. If this is not currently possible, does anyone know if Adobe is taking steps to remedy? Is this remedied in CS4? I have heard reports of excessive crashing in Premiere CS4 so I have been reluctant to upgrade.
Regards.
Jeff

For a meaningful comparison, would you not have to view the same video,
encoded at the same bit rate for each format and in the same frame size and
frame rate?
I am not the expert here, but it seems to me that this condition would
have to be met to farily compare. Easily done of course if you provide your own
video for comparison, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. Can QT
Pro output an H.264 in MPEG-4 as well as QT wrappers?
I am going to experiment with both formats as well as Real Media and
Windows Media at similar settings. I do not have a program to simply encode
swf's without taking a few extra steps. It is cumbersome. To my knowledge,
flv's need to be embedded into a web page or otherwise incorporated into a swf
to be widely viewable. While I have a few players which can play flv's
directly, these are not as widespread as QuickTime or Real Player. Not sure,
but I think that Window's Media Player can play QuickTime files. I do not
try this too much so I am not positive.
Thanks for the help and best wishes. I will probably bite the bullet for
QT Pro in the next day or so. I think it is only around $30.
Jeff
In a message dated 7/23/2009 5:39:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Than H.264?! That has certainly never been my experience. My personal
computer stumbles on several H.264 files because it just ain't powerful
enough, but has never once failed to play a Flash video streamed from a web
site.
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