[Stan Hirson]

“I use both VP6 and H.264, and they both look very good (I’m still using VP6 for Flash video, although I’ll be going exclusively to H.264 in the near future), adding another 200kbs to your 512kbs can really enhance the quality.”

For whatever reason, perhaps living in a rural area, I do not get much above 600kbs on bandwidth tests. I checked again a few times recently and it has not improved. As a large segment of my viewers are also rural, I decided to stay with 512kbs. But it is good advice. I just wish I could take it!

(The website I am working on at present is targeted towards a rural audience at https://PinePlainsViews.com)

Thanks

Stan Hirson
https://lifewithhorses.com

[Stan Hirson]

Interesting, although testy, thread. I have some questions.

On a Mac, I use FlixPro to make .swf files at 512 kbs. Most of my site visitors are on DSL and that bitrate seems optimum. I make my own .swf files with a player skin and use vPIP to embed the videos because, for one reason, it is easy to use when there are multiple videos on one page.

You can see an example on:
https://www.pineplainsviews.com/video-stories/54-dairyfarm

I’ve wondered about H.264 and fooled around with some files but I have not been able to get the bitrate down to 512 kbs at the same quality as the VP6 files. I don’t understand the work-flow at all in terms of embedding multiple videos on one page as in the example. The vPIP embed has been working very well.

Am I missing something? I am really curious to try H.264.

Thanks,

Stan Hirson
https://PinePlainsViews.com
https://LifeWithHorses.com