This stuff is shot in DVCPROHD 1080i. It is edited and then output from FCP to a Quicktime DVCPROHD 1080i file. Then I ran the file through Adobe Encoder. Encoder had two presets I used for .f4v
One was for Half Size of the original and the other was for 1/4 Size of the original.
Then I put up a page on my website to test them.
I don't think the issue is the video file type as much as it is an issue with the MIME type. As I said earlier, I have configured the webpage to consider these video files as "video/flc" MIME type but the big Quicktime "Q" keeps appearing in the player area of the page for about half of my Windows friends.
I checked the page moments ago and it plays fine on my Mac system:
http://fitzvideo.com/pktest/pk_test_choice.html
Brian FitzGerald
FitzVideo.com