Vimeo's recommending Sorensen 3 and QDesign Music 2??? God. What is it 2001?? That's _really_ bad advice!
The whole reason that internet video is taking off is because of the maturity of several technologies and the emergence of new tools. Video compression has improved tremendously since the
Title: Compression settings make a difference?
To edit my videos using iMovie on my Mac I relied on the settings provided by Michael and Ryanne on their great Freevlog.org site. Those settings have served my site well, both in .mov and .wmv formats.
Today I read on Vimeo.coms Upload Guide
Here are some differences and things to note about these settings:1. The Vimeo settings, I'm sure, work well as you say but - Sorenson 3 is an older, less effecient codec. This is why you noted similar quality at 2X the bit rate.
2. QDesign Music 2 audio codec often sounds very tin can and
