Sherman

For me, the best solution is flash video, and I've gone with www.on2.com flix encoder. They have a light version that might do all that you need (under $100 I believe) and a pro version for $250 that does double pass encoding, etc. When I compared the quality/file size, ease of streaming, and a few other factors, flash was it.

That said, I'm encoding in flash mx format, and not the much better flash 8 that the encoder can do; I'm not taking full advantage of the quality I mentioned above. At this point not enough people have flash 8 installed for me to feel safe that most will be able to play what I post.

I've tried windows media and quicktime. Windows media worked fairly well, but would often not play until much more was downloaded, or would hiccup on many machines (start to play some, then stop, and maybe start back up). Quick time in my opinion didn't have enough penetration to be mass appeal.

that's my take...

Sean
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