Transfering MPEG-4 video file to ipod video

I just got the new video ipod and its amazing. but the set back is this stupid dependence on making the already quicktime file a special "ipod 320x240" file.
So i made a video in imovie and exported it in the special ipod ready format (just like the tutorial said to do when you get the error message when attempting to transfer a non-compatible video file from itunes to the ipod). the video is 4 mins long and it went on to the ipod fine and played perfectly. so today i finished up the video and now its a total of 13 mins long. i exported it the same way as i did to the first video that worked fine BUT now im getting the error message i get when the video hasn't been exported correctly. I KNOW I EXPORTED IT CORRECTLY. ITS IN MPEG-4 format and when i look at the icon of it on the desktop it has a itunes label to. (it looks exactly the same as the file i used before and worked)
it just doesnt make sense so i tried exprorting it through quicktime pro
SAME PROBLEM. i dont understand
please if anyone has any idea on what i can do THROW ME A FREAKIN BONE HERE!!

Am a bit confused here. Both Steve and COZY claim to have used the "Special iPod 320x240" option to create MPEG4 clips. The only problem is, the only iPod preset uses the H.264 codec and does produce a file icon with the iTunes overlay. Thus, if the file format is really standard MPEG4, then something appears to have gone wrong during compression.
If, on the other hand, the file was really exported to MPEG4 (or ISMA MPEG4), then questions arise as to specific user settings applied. For instance, neither Steve nor COZY mentioned their audio settings. Were, for instance, the streaming settings left turned on.
Thus, to determining what is really going on, you need to state the "real" audio and video formats, data rates for each, original, as well as, display settings, etc. as described in the "Show Movie Info" window.

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