[Bill Hall]

Ok. It’s not a profile it’s a different codec. If you don’t care about size why do you keep lowering the bit rate?

[Bill Hall]

They most likely will not notice a reduction in frame size. The apparent video quality will be higher because you will have more information for less pixels.

Are you using WMV 9 or WMV 8 or WMV 7? Those are the most common underlying codecs for a WMV file. If you are using 9 try using 8 instead. Sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error. Although 9 should work.

Tell the Mac guy about Flip4Mac to playback the WMV.

[Bill Hall]

I’m not familiar with Adobe Media encoder. What version of the WMV codec does it’s preset use? I know that if you use the WMV-9 advanced profile you must have windows media 12.

Also if you are lowering the bit rate to 500 kbps there is no reason to leave it 720P. This should give you an idea of what frame size to use https://www.streaminglearningcenter.com/blogs/the-essential-key-to-producing-high-quality-streaming-video.html

[Bill Hall]

So what are the bit rates you’re talking about? Is it something ridiculous like 10 kbps? Also you may want to adjust the frame size as you lower the bit rate.

[Bill Hall]

Your client has the information backwards. Computer screens all display video progressively. All video for the web or to be viewed on a computer should be deinterlaced, that is to say it should have a progressive frame draw.

Interlaced footage is relegated to broadcast TV. Interlacing was actually a trick developed by broadcasters to save bandwith.

[Bill Hall]

Just so you know your photos did not embed.

You are also excluding several key factors for help. What is the frame size, interlacing and frame rate of your video to start with.

My experience with vimeo is limited but doesn’t it adjust playback quality based on connection speed? Check to make sure your connection is working properly before moving forward. Play back some of your older videos you were happy with.

[Bill Hall]

If you push the bitrate too high you may have issues with playback. Some computers won’t have the required power to play them back. Also if the bit rate is too high it may have playback issues over a network because you are sending too much information.

As Craig said lowering the bit rate won’t make a file not play back.

[Bill Hall]

Thanks for the suggestions. I looked and regular hearing screenings are covered at 100% with my health plan so it looks like I should schedule one.

I was made pretty sensitive to hearing damage after all of the safety briefings we had in the Army. Plus my former boss was an Artillery man turned videographer who wore hearing aides because they didn’t care about hearing protection back in the day.

[Bill Hall]

Thanks for the reply. Are there any safety standards or measurements that I can use as a guide? If I was only using them once in a while I wouldn’t be so concerned but this is a daily thing.

[Bill Hall]

The correct answer to all questions is a Louis CK video.