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Emre Safak · September 6th, 2006, 09:37 PM

I decided to post my shorts in H.264 at 512Kbps. Do you think this is a reasonable bit rate in this age? I am not worried about the dial-up crowd; they should not expect to be able to watch a film in real-time.

Scott Jaco · September 7th, 2006, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Emre Safak

I decided to post my shorts in H.264 at 512Kbps. Do you think this is a reasonable bit rate in this age? I am not worried about the dial-up crowd; they should not expect to be able to watch a film in real-time.

I use 1.24 Mbps for my demo clips. I used H.264 also. They seem to look decent. I'm running the resolution at 240x320. It's a balance between how many lines you want vs. how much compression artifacts you want to see.

I found a formula that worked for me, opinions vary.

September 6th, 2006, 09:37 PM	#1
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	What bit rate do you use for streaming? I decided to post my shorts in H.264 at 512Kbps. Do you think this is a reasonable bit rate in this age? I am not worried about the dial-up crowd; they should not expect to be able to watch a film in real-time.