What is the future of video on the web?

[Jim_Gunn]

I do a lot of video encoding for myself and my customers that I film for, so here's how it breaks down for me. For my old standard definition content that I offer for sale as downloadable clips I encode into multiple formats including WMVs, MPEG-1, mp4's (Ipod) and also Divx codec AVIs at 640 x 480 and 320 x 240.

For my customers that I film new custom high definition content for I mostly encode high definition video into WMV at 1280 x 720 and also a smaller version at 480 x 270, Quicktime at the same sizes plus a Flash version with the ON2 VP6 codec as well as Real for one customer who still wants it believe it or not.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

I do a lot of video encoding for myself and my customers that I film for, so here's how it breaks down for me. For my old standard definition content that I offer for sale as downloadable clips I encode into multiple formats including WMVs, MPEG-1, mp4's (Ipod) and also Divx codec AVIs at 640 x 480 and 320 x 240.

For my customers that I film new custom high definition content for I mostly encode high definition video into WMV at 1280 x 720 and also a smaller version at 480 x 270, Quicktime at the same sizes plus a Flash version with the ON2 VP6 codec as well as Real for one customer who still wants it believe it or not.

The Award Winning Jim Gunn!

1280? HUGE! How big is the typical 20 or so minute clip in terms of file size at that resolution?

[Jim_Gunn]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

The Award Winning Jim Gunn!

1280? HUGE! How big is the typical 20 or so minute clip in terms of file size at that resolution?

1280 x 720 WMV at a 3500 Kbps video bitrate is easily over 1 Gb for a 30 minute scene. That's why I also encode to 480 x 270 at 1500 Kbps video bitrate. That file size is a lot smaller and still looks pretty good on most screens!