Video too light

If I tick the Final Cut Studio compatibility checkbox in QuickTime Pro preferences my H264 videos ( exported from Final Cut or Mpeg Streamclip or Compressor) look correct.
If I then upload these videos to Vimeo or BlipTv they appear far too light, just as they do in QT on my computer if the box isn't checked.
My question: how can I make it so that uploaded videos appear the way they do when the box IS checked?
Curoiusly, the checkbox issue doesn't apply to video saved in Photo-Jpeg format but Photo-Jpeg videos are huge and far too big to upload anywhere.
I suppose that what I'm looking for is a way to "bake in" the FCP compatibility setting somehow.
Many thanks!

Hi Fato,
I am fighting with this problem as well since more than 6 month and came up with a solution that works ok for me (even though it would be nice if apple would put their heads together and give their prof customers a professional answer to that problem;))
As i figured out there is only a two way answer to this problem. I am working for customers that distribute files to end customers on pc, mobiles macs and so on.
So i decided to have besides my mac as well a pc standing here and that helped me figuring out the problem.
Version 1: If i export to h264 and distribute the file as is.
Version 2: I make a duplicate. I open it in QT and change the Transparency settings in the property window to "composite" and save the file.
But now comes the Problem: The with "composite" mode saved file plays back perfectly a<s it is supposed to do on your mac (it doesnt matter if the little hook is switched on or not) and even over the web. The problem is that on PCs the colors might be displayed with higher contrast then wanted.
On the other hand the picture on a PC or mobile phone looks fine if i do not do this little change.
In the end i always have to decide for the less evil solution. If the picture on the PC looks just fine and the color shift on a mac browser is only small i will use the unchanged file.
If the picture on the mac browser looks too bad i will use the changed file, giving me a perfect picture on mac and maybe a slight change on the PC.
As i worked with a lot of footage having totally different image (some movies are very light some very dark) i figured that it changes from clip to clip which of the both versions looks better on which platform.
If anybody by today might have figured out a reliable way of how to solve this problem i would be more than thankfull as well
Cheers
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