Trying to export a movie compressed with H.264 out of AE

I am having some issues with exporting a movie compressed with H.264. I am using AE CS3. When I output with the settings of this image:
http://intuitionusa.com/ae.gif
I get an error message that is below in the image. I have to leave Quicktime in the top settings in the output module and then select H.264 in the format button. It allows me to render out, but a message appears saying it is better to select H.264 from the "format" dialog box.
* Also, when I export out to H.264 the file size is much larger than just using quicktime pro. I think it might be better to export an uncompressed file from AE and then use QT pro to compress but that is going to use up a lot of disc space.
SHoutzager

You're probably getting that error because of a frame size/codec conflict.
Your comp is 900x600, and the MainConcept codec is looking for a frame size of 720x480 (NTSC DV).
Using the Quicktime wrapper to export the H.264 is a fine optioin, however, AE will not do as good of a job compressing to that codec as Quicktime Pro, or a dedicated compression application would do. AE can only cache a limited number of frames for the compression process (frames before and after the current frame), and as a result, the compression quality and filesize will not be as small as they could be by using a different tool for the job.
As such, your supposition about rendering out an uncompressed/losslessly compressed movie and then running it through QT Pro (or another compression application) yielding superior results was a correct one.

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