The problem is upon viewing the .mov file it is now almost double in
length.
I have made sure that my frame rate, in this case 30 fps, matches
across all of the dialog settings in the export menu. I even recreated
the animation experimenting with using Flash's default 12 fps frame
rate. Oddly if I export just a .swf file it appears to be exactly 15
seconds. Quicktime, however, is not able to correctly export at the
specified length of time.
I am not using any compression... totally stumped.
I've asked some pros and scoured the net but can't find a solution. I
am quite surprised more people are not having this issue--which leads
me to believe maybe it's something with my settings?