What is the best quality/size compression ratio for web video?

Question

What is the best quality/size compression ratio for web video? Need the best quality but reasonable size for streaming from site. Is there a service with awesome quality?

Answer 1

Check www.vimeo.com...

500 meg per week regardless of length of video;

they also have a helpful guide to provide you the best encoding. I have h2.64, 720p, high definition files there. They look GREAT.

Also, if you stay with YouTube, you *can* upload high quality files - but you still have to stay within their "less than 100 meg and less than 10 minutes" requirements. I uploaded a h.264, 720p movie that is almost 5 minutes long @ about 98meg and a new link appears when playing back... it allows you to pick whether you want to playback in high quality or not (regular YouTube compression).