Now that YouTube have started offering higher quality videos, the old settings for encoding your videos should be tossed out the window. This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to compress your video for YouTube using the free SUPER Video Encoder which is one of the the best free encoding applications available today. [...]
TechCrunch has posted a short (but sweet) primer on the tools you need to get started in the online video world including recording, streaming and distribution advice. They review several live streaming options and cover some of the technical aspects of online distribution. Online media expert Chris Pirillo shares some pro tips as [...]
Keep these tips handy for the next time you encode video.
Deinterlace your source video
Choose a frame size where the width and height are evenly divisible by 16
Maintain the aspect ratio of your source video
Crop any empty space (like letter boxing) and crop/scale to remove edge jaggies around your video
Select bitrates that are appropriate for your [...]
To accompany his latest book on Flash Video, Robert Reinhardt has developed a awesome bitrate calcuator you can use to figure out target bitrates for your web video.
http://www.flashsupport.com/books/fvst/files/tools/flv_bitrate.html
Also, if you haven’t read his latest book, be sure to check it out. 5 Stars at Amazon! Here is a brief description:
From pre-production to post, [...]
Whether you are encoding to QuickTime or Flash Video, it is a best practice to ensure that the width and height of your video is evenly divisible by 16. Although some modern codecs do not require this, it is best to keep it in mind for all your projects to guarantee the [...]
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