http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us Am planning to add a short streaming video clip to my website [ www.blindgrace.com ], but am getting conflicting advice as to which format to use.<br/> I have Final Cut Pro 4.5 and can export in many forms; QuickTime Movie, DV Stream, etc. [though apparently not Sorenson Codec]. Trying for decent image quality with out devouring bandwidth. Any advice?<br/> Thanks!<br/> <br/> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming I know nothing but my friend Dave can probably help you out, though he is a pro. He is here on LS on my list, David Elliot, his sites are pretty cool but they don't have streaming vid. Check out 123learn.info and patriotyouth.com SECRETly SQUIRREL bait. Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:29:38 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming#4815 QuickTime .mp4 format might work for you. MP4 is widely used for mobile video compression (cell phones, PSP). Upside is small file size&#47;decent quality. Downside is small viewing window. I can point you to some tutorials about converting vids to MP4 if you are interested. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:35:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming#4823 MP4 is one of the many export options I have with Final Cut, but I was also concerned with compatability for both Mac and PC. How small is the window in MP4? Thanks Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:13:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming#4845 Adam: I thought Sorenson was the deal......e-mail Roger Richards, he does the video for the Digital Journalist, he set me up when I produced my piece. Roger is a Lightstalker. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:40:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming#4847 Was just emailed this response and thought I'd post it for others. good choice on QuickTime. I would not, however, format it as MPEG-4, only folks with the current verison of the plug-in can use it. Save as a regular .mov QuickTime file. Are you considering offering it as a progressive download or as a stream? I am guessing as a progressive download, which begins playing after some of the video has been downloaded. Anyway, if you are using FCP HD 4.5 the cleanest codec is Sorenson. You are outputting from FCP? I recommend a program called Sorenson Squeeze for stand alone web compression. How it is done is that you export a reference movie from FCP (highlight the clip or sequence you need in the Browser, then go to export. save it as a QuickTime movie with all normal settings, but make sure that box that says 'make movie self-contained' is unchecked. This reference movie can then be imported into Squeeze and then output in a number of different formats. Hope this helped :-) Good luck, Roger Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:40:59 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/video-streaming#4854