I often have to export for web download. For my employer, filesize is of great importance and i am restricted to WMV format.
Using the Adobe Media Encoder, the option “Windows Media Video 8 for Broadband (PAL, 384 kbps)” gives me the best video quality / filesize ratio (it’s Europe here, so i use PAL).
It also only has to render once to export, while the WM8 or WM9 options all render TWICE, making them very timeconsuming.
I get a 20Mb file for an 8 minute movie.
If anybody knows an even better solution i’m all ears by the way!