I've been working on some small videos (3-4 minutes or less) for the school web sites I work on. I've been struggling to find the best settings to render the videos in Vegas 4. I've been using .wmv and have trouble getting the resulting .wvv files down to a size that the parents at my school will likely be able to view without too much difficulty. I'm assuming that a fair amount are still on dial-up, although many are probably on cable or dsl.
What I'd like to know is what settings others normally use when rendering videos for the Internet. I realize that it is not the same for everyone, but I could use a solid starting off point.
Do you use the templates that are available on the Rendering screen, or customize? What quality, audio & video settings, bitrate? Do you choose more than one target bitrate.
I think it would be helpful to many others to have a set of norms to go by with ALL the details to get the best possible quality for a reasonable file size.
Thank you.
Susan
What I'd like to know is what settings others normally use when rendering videos for the Internet. I realize that it is not the same for everyone, but I could use a solid starting off point.
Do you use the templates that are available on the Rendering screen, or customize? What quality, audio & video settings, bitrate? Do you choose more than one target bitrate.
I think it would be helpful to many others to have a set of norms to go by with ALL the details to get the best possible quality for a reasonable file size.
Thank you.
Susan