[Chris Rust]

Thanks for your suggestions. Here are my results… Yes I did consider that the flash drive transfer speeds would not be fast enough and did try dragging the vid to the desktop — no difference.
You say you use H264 AND Windows Media. If you don’t mind, please explain what you mean by that. I understand H264 is what I’m trying to get from Compressor. Windows Media? Are you talking about the player on the PC? or something else?
I have also tried creating different versions using the QT Conversion settings and came up with some really ugly looking video.
Going the h264 route: creates a file that is something on the order of 3X the size of the .mov (which was too big to begin with). Took forever — became such a size that I couldn’t get it onto a flash drive (11gb became 30+gb).
Now, if necessary, I’ll take my machine to theirs and make a transfer via ethernet — but that doesn’t account for backup copies….
Second, I made an MPEG2 version and stored it on DVDs. They would not play on the PC either. This is the way I have delivered to non-broadcast clients for years and has always worked. I use the DVD MPEG2 Best Quality 90 minutes and AAC audio settings.
I looked at the flip4mac site and of course, the version I need is the most expensive. There must be some alternative to spending $180 to convert these files.
Again I thank you for your suggestions and taking the time to respond to my query.