Good answer.

Slightly longer and more optimized answer

(Just transfer settings to Vegas custom settings).

I'm not sure if the iPad settings would differ from the iPhone/iPod settings I've used in Vegas to import into iTunes, but you could give this a shot:

Template: MainConcept AVC/AAC (mp4):
Video Tab:
Custom frame size: 1280 x 720.
Profile: Baseline
Frame rate: [whatever your media is]
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0
VBR: 8,000,000
5,000,000

Audio Tab:
Sample Rate: 48,000
Bit Rate: 128,000

Project Tab:
Video Render Quality: Best

Best bet is to follow these recommendations from MediaStorm for export for iPad. MediaStorm is well respected in the Multimedia Journalism arena and their work proves that.

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Cliff,

If you had clicked on my link, you could have saved much of that typing.

My link was for the same article from Mediastorm, which is indeed a very good resource for many things.

I recommend their RSS feed, they have enough good stuff to where scanning it is not wasted time.

There's no need to read anything, you'll just get confused. I looked at that webpage and it's Apple-talk. There's no way to understand what they're talking about. "Open Inspector?", hahaha, ya gotta be kidding, it's like kindergarten.

720p30 AVC/AAC is all you need to know. As far as bitrate, that's personal preference on whether you want a huge file or not. 1000 bitrate should be more than adequate.

Guys...
Thank you all for the assistance. Much Appreciated

720p30 AVC/AAC is all you need to know. As far as bitrate, that's personal preference on whether you want a huge file or not. 1000 bitrate should be more than adequate.

Except don't render 30p if you shot 24p, that will look ugly (especially if you're rendering in a tool without optical flow).

Mediastorm recommended 1500 kbps bit rate at a more optimized frame size, not hard to replicate.

Don't confuse the user interface instructions for QT Pro with the desired settings.

1500's not going to stream on WiFi without buffering.

Just wanted to thank everyone again... CClub, I tried your suggestions first and it looks incredible!
Thank you and hopefully this will help someone in the future

Well, the numbers appear to make sense, but in the real world they don't materialize, like car MPG.

My wife has an iPad and we have an "N" router and my dorky videos at YouTube stutter and buffer.

I stream full 1080@25Mbs to and from my notebook (which has been throttled back to 130Mbs) with nary a dropped frame. Any N system should handle full HD easily, unless there is a ton of other traffic. Youtube is an entirely different matter, since the limiting factor is your ISP bandwidth, not your LAN router.

Due to protocol overhead, wireless connections can usually achieve between about 60-80% of their rated speed.
45-55% on my home network.

My wife has an iPad and we have an "N" router and my dorky videos at YouTube stutter and buffer.

What is your Internet connection bandwidth?

If it's 768K, then it will of course buffer when streaming a 1.5M video, even if you get a 3Gbps router.

It's 7M, but YouTube's servers, and all internet servers, have their own speeds due to clouds.

And I think YouTube throttled down to save money. But when there's a blip, the first thing to take a hit are the videos.

I'll check it again tonight though. Maybe that overpriced iPad is no good. My NAS is hardwired, but those stinkin' iPad/iPhone/Touch's can't use SMB, only http via a web interface, maybe not even that!

Hey Course, any help on that? How can I see home network files on Apple stuff? You're the resident guru.

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And for printing, PrintCentral allows printing on any local [or remote] printer from an iPad.

THE cloud is a metaphor for distributed data.

"A" cloud is a temporary slowdown of IP traffic due to factors unknown. Like a weird weather pattern is the best I can explain it.

EDIT: I know, it's like rogue waves. It's a harmonic aberration. A fluke, a weirdity, a quickening, a thickening, an imbalance, like when a pillow causes the washer spin cycle to tilt.

http://itmanagement.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cloud.html

Hmmph, adding yet a third layer of something wasn't what I meant, but thanks anyway.

I suppose Apple folks are used to roundabout ways, but we Windoze people loath that stuff.


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No, Bud, "cloud" in any non-vernacular sense, refers to the paradigm, not an effect.
However, if that's the level on which you understand it, go ahead. Just don't tell others that they must also accept it on that level of understanding.

Also, I have 7Mbs service and Youtube consistently comes in at 5+, which is on par with other major cloud services. No throttle control, no stutters, no buffer catchup, and no troubles except when there is heavy backbone congestion, which is rare.

I can only suggest a few possibilities for you:
1) Maybe your ISP is chronically congested. They would rather save a few $ than invest in peak load efficiency.
2) Maybe your DSL service isn't delivering a full 7 Mbs. Distance from their switch, low SNR margin, leaky DSL filters, ground loops and RF/EMF can all affect this. You will need to rule out each possibility one at a time to troubleshoot this, as I did. When they boosted my speed to 7, it was coming in around four. After fixing the problem, I get the full 7Mbs, 24/7.
3) Maybe your modem isn't optimized for your ISP protocols. The wrong MRU/MTU settings can mess you up.
4) Maybe you are running the dreaded double-NAT, which will possibly slow everything to a crawl.