Exporting Video for an Internet website

[B***@adobeforums.com]

I've been having a hard time figuring out what settings i should export video on in order to be displayed best on my website. I find that Windows Media Player is a smaller file and loads up quicker than the Quicktime files. I want a good setting...preferable on quicktime.....that will play my video on my webpage quick with decent quality. Any suggestions as to what some of the setting should be at?

Thanks...Brian

[C***@adobeforums.com]

To be honest - Quicktime is the WORST for web playback - unless you are using QT or Darwin Streaming media server - forget it - it compresses poorly for any amount of decent playback over the net - Go with Windows media and offer QT for those who have some type of Microsoft phobia...

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Better yet, make the move to Flash Video. One format serves all.

[B***@adobeforums.com]

i'm hardly an expert on this but when you say that 'windows media
player is a smaller file and loads up quicker' i think back to
my first exports. took a while before i noticed that there was a
place to choose the codec for export. as i recall, the default
produced a considerably larger file than wmv. so if you haven't
found it yet and want qt, poke around looking for the codec
options when you export. it makes a big difference. i found
sorenson to make a much smaller, better quality qt than what
ppro defaults to.

[Steven Gotz]

Sorenson's Pro codec is great. It is not free, but it creates a Quicktime that closly rivals Windows Media.

[K***@adobeforums.com]

If you do decide to go Flash, make sure you have the new version. The old Sorenson Spark codec for Flash is abyssmal.

As for Quicktime, it feels like they're shooting themselves in the foot. Sure they need to make money, but they're also charging for features that come standard in other products. They're kind of revisiting the mistakes Real made when they first started. If it wasn't for the dedicated Mac community I'd say they were pricing themselves out of business. As it is they know they'll have a captive audience. It's just the size of the audience that will be of interest, especially with the new Intel Macs coming out soon.