Youtube Video distorted/washed out in beginning

Seems that every video I make with Quicktime or Imovie in MP4, H.264 format and then upload to Youtube ends up with the beginning of the video washed out and distorted for the first 3 or 4 seconds. Then everything is OK.
Everything looks fine on my Mac.
Check out this video for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FekHQ1o_bLA
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

<1. Is this work-around something that others are having to do? I don't see anyone else having this issue, so not sure why it only is affecting my videos.>
Don't know why....
<2. Will the black intro be removed during the conversion to FLV?>
Why would it be removed if it's part of the video?
<3. Will converting to FLV on my machine before uploading solve this problem?
Probably not...........
Write to YouTube and ask...There is a page on their site on how to prepare videos for delivery....This isn't a Quicktime issue, it's a YouTube issue. Do a Google search or a search of this forum. This topic has been hashed over a zillion times.....

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