Quality of embeded MOV video

Hi There,
I have a some video as a mov format. It is saved in perfect
quality, see picture 1 pls. When i eported it to flash into my swf
project = the quality of video-pictures is VERY bad see picture 2.:
HOW can i get the quality such as in the original movie ? Thanx for
any answer.
picture1-flv
original
mov-video
certainly i try to change a bitrate.. but without any
effects. For ilustration, origial mov video has abot 4MB, flv
output has about 350KB but quality is bad. What can (must) i do to
better quality of video materials ? (eventually to get original mov
quality), please help me :)

Thanks for the reply. I work in an educational environment, and as always, we're looking for ways to cut tape cost and/or go tapeless. I want to be able record blog videos for our website, as well as student meetings. Last year, we burned a lot of tape on content we'll never use, or want to archive, but we have plenty of HD space. We would still shoot to tape for "major student projects".
We're using two Sony HDR-FX1's and several Cannon Optura 400's (used primarily for mundane daily tasks). I've been experimenting with recording straight to my MacBook Pro and a FW drive using Quicktime Pro (creating H.264 video), then VeeScope Live (creating full DV/DVCPRO NSTC video).
My grand plan would be plugging in the camera directly to the MBP (with an external HD connected), recording into QT or VeeScope, then importing that video into FCP, eliminating tape altogether. I tried it, and had no issues with either program, other than the extra step of converting the .mov files from QT. Hence my question about the difference in quality. I like the scopes in VS - something that the students should learn to use while shooting anyway.
tg

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