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Suggested Compression & file type
FCP (5.1)
QT Pro (7)
Squeeze Compression Suite (4.3)I want to export a series of 2-minute videos for embedding on a web page using the software listed above. Given the requirement that users with both dial-up and cable modem will be accessing these videos my questions are:
What would be a good mix of file types/data rates to upload to the server.
Display size will be 320×240.
Thanks!
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7 Replies
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Quicktime H.264 would be good, and sorenson 3 quicktime. File sizes shouldn’t be a problem with these codecs.
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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Except, of course, that many (maybe half) browsers do not have Quicktime plug-in support, and H.264 requires QT 7, further reducing the % of people you will reach.
You might want to look again at Flash video …
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Mmmmm – where do you get your (suspect) information from?
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It’s very hard to get current, accurate data on what browsers have what plug-ins / ActiveX controls installed. You could look at this https://www.prestospace.org/project/deliverables/D12-6.pdf for more if you wanted to.
The “usual suspects” here are the Macromedia stats (hardly unbiased, suggesting 68% for QT) and the Frost & Sullivan report from 2004 – which also has to struggle through the same fog of data (suggesting around 37%).
Sfaik Apple does not publish an estimate for % of systems with QT player installed.Detailed web metrics from a sample of high-traffic sites would be most welcome, if anyone can point to them?
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iPod = iTunes = Quicktime.
Most iPod owners use Windows. All Macs have Quicktime. As such IMHO I’d lean more towards the 68% than 37%.BTW you don’t need Quicktime to view H.264 media, but it helps 😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264DL
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i had this same question as i downconvert my ntsc videos for web use.
my web builders say .flv to prevent downloads
(i’m not offering downloads, it’s client owned design work.)i’m wondering if i should convert them to square pixels ?
iPod size 320×240 is a downsize of DV NTSC SQUARE PIZEL 720×540.
my originals are 720×480. any thoughts ?
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I’d go with what your website builders are suggesting. Make sure they are encoding using the latest version of the Flash CODEC.
As for square vs non-square, this page may help:
https://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/#introductionDL
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