@ Craig
Sarcastic negative comments about someones questions are not very helpful.
Youtube has a method of producing highly compressed files of small size without greatly sacrificing quality. Why can no one give some positive input as how this may be accomplished. I know Youtube’s methods are proprietary and kept secret. However, there should be some smart people out there who have an idea how to accomplish highly compressed files.
I came seeking how to compress video for streaming on a website. Many of the videos I have when compressed as Mpeg4 are around 1 gb. I need to get these down to around 20 megs and still retain a modicum of quality. The reason for obtaining this amount of compression is bandwidth expense. If we put up 50 videos that each get viewed 100 times a month with file sizes ranging between .5 and 1.5 Gb the bandwidth charges will be in the thousands of $. How can I get these files down to around 20 megs?