Streaming movie - which setting?

It's a real puzzle.
I have a short 8 min. movie I'm trying to export from FCE as a streamed movie...one which, as I understand it, can be played right away, if only with a short time needed to download more of it to the site* similar to the movies on the Apple Store.
Anyway, I've tried several possibilities, without success, and what I seem to end up with is a QT file that must be downloaded before watching. A.) I don't want to have site visitors have to wait 5 minutes, and B.) I don't really want them to take possession of this movie as a file.
So, in FCE's Export to QuickTime Conversion, I see a number of likely options:
Under Format, I see DV Stream and Mpeg 4
Under Use, I see Broadband High,Medium and Low, as well as Dial-up and Medium and Low Streaming
Under Options, there's: Fast Start, Compressor Header and Hinted Streaming.
Which one works???
I've tried several already, and Fast Start is too big a file. Also setting it on DV Streaming doesn't get me an internet ready file...again, a 5 min. download.
That leaves Hinted? or???
Once again, I'm afraid the manual isn't clear on this, and sorry to say, I couldn't get results from Tom Wolsky's FCE 3.5 book, either.
Thanks in adv. for help.
k
PS Is QuickTime Pro the miracle Swiss Army knife that would solve all issues? Would Pro also convert to Windows Media Player files?
* The funny thing is, I've done this without problem using an ancient OS 9 encoder called Terran Cleaner 5 EZ - but for some reason, when I try it with this movie, it leaves out the narrative soundtrack. (yes, I've tried settings every which way till Sunday, incl. Mono, Stereo, Sum to Mono, Pan left and right...etc.)
Except for the problem one, which is the first movie on the HomePage about Governors Island, You can browse pages to see other movies on the site that play right away, when you visit here:
www.gvproj.org

Hi,
you can export using the QuickTime conversion, in a QuickTime movie format.
Use the H.264 compression, set all the values (you can limit the quality to certain Mbit/s, optimized for download).
Then activate the prepare for internet option and choose Fast start if you are not going to a streaming server.
In this way the movie will be progressively downloaded and once there is a enough download, it will start playing at the user player.
The hinted option is when your webserver provides streaming feature (you need to ask your webmaster if you have that feature or not).
Regards,
Armando.

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