Video to Websites

[NewsMan]

Problem: The five minute video I just made, when exported to a QuickTime File, is about 1.5GB. The guy that runs the site says he needs it to be about 15 MB because of bandwidth issues.

What's your suggestion?

[sneakybastard]

Try exporting it using H.264 compression. You may have to tweak the settings a few times to get a file size you can work with. Also, cut the video size down to 320x240.

[Flaca Productions]

320x240 - try 15fps as that will really cut down file size, but sometimes keeps it more than acceptable for web use.

ask your web guy if he can convert it over to flash - high quality, small file size and near universal playability.

[Shootblue]

I feel sorry for anyone who had to download a 1.5 gb file.

[Canonman]

I feel sorry for anyone who had to download a 1.5 gb file.

Not if they have FiOS. :)

Can't wait for AT&T to finish wiring my neighborhood for fiber optic. They've already installed a bunch of the little powered substations in the last month.

cm

[willis]

Encode to flash. I work on a web tv channel for a major presidential candidate, and the following are the encode settings we use:

~768kbps video bitrate 2 pass VBR 70% variability
- min bitrate 40%
- max bitrate 400%
- data rate undershoot 90%
Unconstrained A/R 480x270 (**change this if not 16:9**)
2:1 framse/sec.

key frame every 300 frames

64kbps Audio (Fraunhofer MP3)
- 16bit
- 44100Hz
- Mono

We use Sorenson Squeeze 4.5.

Edit:

a quick and dirty way to encode to flash with way less options is SUPER video converter (it's free!). http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[BNVN]

Do you need the video to be broadcast quality or internet quality? If it is just net, then go with a FLV file.