Thanks, Jonathon! My FIRST recommendation was to upload to Vimeo/YouTube and just copy/paste embed tags, but these folks are brand managers. They won't share screen real estate with anyone else's logos...
Thanks for the specs. I may suggest they include a mobile option, but that depends on their demographic and whether it's worth the effort. Cheers! *Art Thompson, Jr.* Logical Things, Inc. 917-609-1158 [m] | 512-777-1158 [w] www.LogicalThings.com <http://www.logicalthings.com/> Find us on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn as "LogicalThings" We design, build and deploy branded Microsites, Landing Pages, Blogs, Eblasts and Whatever Comes Next. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Jonathon Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > Just to pose the question. Are they opposed to simply using a video > streaming site, such as YouTube or Vimeo to host their videos? Their > embeddable players are very good, they automatically re-transcode to > multiple levels of quality from mobile up to HD, and they own all of the > bandwidth requirements. The drawback -- the videos are "somewhere else" in > addition to your site -- but if they're promotional videos, this may turn > out to be an additional traffic source. > > If they want to host themselves, the specs vary, depending on the > connection speed, and computing power of the end user. A middle-of-the road > starting point for a 'normal' desktop high-bandwidth (cable, etc.) end user > would be something like > > Video Dimensions: 640x360 (or 640x480 if not widescreen) > Bitrate - around 600k/sec. > Video codec - probably Mp4 (x264) if using a flash player > Audio codec - probably Mp3 at 96k/sec, although I think the latest flash > player can handle AAC which has better quality at a lower bitrate. > > Ideally, you could provide a Mobile Version for smartphones (around > 320x240), a low desktop, a high desktop, and then various HD flavors (like > YouTube supports). > > I've simply hosted my videos on Youtube for so long, that I haven't had to > worry about transcoding specs for quite some time. > > - Jonathon > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
