making a movie stream faster on website

[butterbean]

I have a question which isn't really for me in particular. Someone else is going to be coding the films that will be posted on the website. One is going to be posted in Quicktime and another for Windows Media Player. These are short films (less than a minute) that should auto stream. Still we are aiming for optimization for Safari.

What is the best codec to get a short film to stream/play faster?

Curently it is here: http://www.identity-arts.com/SR37-sorenson3.mov

Thanks to everyone who helped me last time. The reason the site isn't in CSS is because that is how the person wanted it to be. Just one big image so I didn't CSS/tables.

Thanks!
Anna

 

[Rower_CPU]

Choosing a codec is always a tradeoff between quality and file size. You can have a better looking/sounding video that takes longer to download, or a quick downloading video that doesn't look/sound as nice.

Sorenson3 is a good codec to go with, as is MPEG4; the devil is in the details. You've got to experiment with audio/video bitrates to see where the right balance of file size and quality will be.

 

[eyeon]

I'm not sure if you are able to spend the money for it, but Discreet makes a program called Cleaner that is dedicated solely to compressing video for the web. It allows you to make all the decisions about quality vs. file size so you can choose for yorself just how small or clear you want your movies to be. Maybe give that a try.

 

[Rower_CPU]

I'm not sure if you are able to spend the money for it, but Discreet makes a program called Cleaner that is dedicated solely to compressing video for the web. It allows you to make all the decisions about quality vs. file size so you can choose for yorself just how small or clear you want your movies to be. Maybe give that a try.

Cleaner is great software for all types of video compression, not just web. butterbean, what tools are they going to be using for this video? That might help people make good recommendations, like eyeon's.

 

[jeremy.king]

You may want to consider three versions, like movie trailers do. Small, Medium, and Large and let your visitor choose which they want to see.