footage looks washed out when output to quicktime

Hi everyone,

When I output my sequence to a quicktime file (for use on the Internet) it seems the color is really washed out and the blacks are really raised (almost as if setup has been added). Any ideas what might be causing this?

thanks

System specs
OS 10.4.11
FCS 2

PowerPC G5, Dual 2.3 GHz
2.5 Gb RAM
2 x 250 GB internal drive
1 x 320 GB WD Firewire 800 drive (uncompressed media drive)

Decklink SP out to Sony PVM 1402 via RGB cables
ATI Radeon 9600 - 128 MB VRAM

What is exactly the options your choosing when you export your final timeline to a quicktime conversion.

It might be the compression you use or the quality choosed.

Hi there,

The settings are as follows

Compression; H264
Quality: High
Key frame rate: 24
Frame reordering: yes
Encoding mode: multi-pass
Dimensions: 342 x 256

Any ideas?