QuickTime movies in Dreamweaver - streaming???

Hello all,
I have inserted a .mov file into a web page but when uploaded it wants to wait for the entire movie to load before playing. I am more familiar with Flash and the ability to have a Flash movie stream to avoid this "stall" but am unsure of how to do this with a .mov file.
I have tried multiple tutorials and suggestions online about checking the "autoplay" or adding it as a parameter but nothing works. I just get an empty black box while the movie (20MB) loads in its entirety. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the QuickTime progressively download so the viewers see SOMETHING, rather than think there is nothing there and leave the site?
Thank you!

I agree with Snakeyze. Convert your MOV files to FLV for a better user experience. If you don't have CS4 Suite with Flash Encoder, there are others you could use. RIVA flash encoder, UltraFlash and Sorenson are just few.
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