Problems with Instant start of QT video placed on iWeb site

I'm trying to use video on my .mac web site using iWeb but have been unable to export a file that will start immediately when the page launches. I have gone through a check list of all the things I've read on this group and others, but the only way these files will play on the web is by manually pressing the start button below the quick time file. I get the big blue Q for just a second and then the first frame of the video, I can then press the play button and it will start and continue to play without any problems, but it just won't start by itself.
So far I have:
exported the file in Quicktime Pro 7.16 using H.264 encoding
checked off the "prepare for Internet Streaming" box
Once the file is exported I have also opened it in Quicktime Pro, and in the Window menu gone to "show movie properties" and checked off the "Automatically play movie when opened" box under the presentation tab.
I've saved this file in the movie folder on my mac.
In iWeb, i've dragge this movie to my page and published it.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had success getting their movies to play automatically in iWeb. I wouldn't even mind if I had to wait a few seconds in order for the file to load the cache a bit --- but it won't play at all unless you click on the play triangle in the movie controller.

The default iWeb export uses autoplay="false" in the .js file it creates.
This means a page visitor must press the "play" button on the QuickTime controller to initiate playback (even though your file is downloading in the background).
If you're brave enough to try you can edit the javascript file (.js) made by iWeb and simply change "false" to "true".
This edit can be made with any plain text editor (TextEdit set to "plain text").
Open your iDisk/Web/iWeb folder and find your page (name of folder). Inside it (blah_files folder) you'll find a .js file that you can open with a right click (choose TextEdit). In all of the gobbly gook you see is a line that says autoplay="false". Change it to "true" (must keep the "" around the word) and "Save".
Try your page again and see if it now starts playing as it downloads.

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