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Compression Options for Flash Video, Ogg Theora, MPEG4,
and Windows Media
When you are creating any of the stream-friendly video formats you will
find that the Compression options are all the same. You have a series of
settings for certain bandwidth connections, starting with 5 megabit and
going down to 56k modem.

These Compression methods control the overall quality level of the video.
The speeds listed are indicating the amount of data that the video must
stream to the PC to play correctly. The video will look better when it has
more data that it can stream.

If you click on the Settings button for each of these entries you will see the
data transfer rate in kilobits per second. Higher numbers translate to better
looking videos. If you want to specify your own transfer rating for both the
video and audio streams you can select Custom as the Compression
option.

Compression Options for QuickTime Video

QuickTime is a very flexible video format that allows you to use more
Compression options than can be easily documented. For example, you
can create a QuickTime MOV that uses the same kind of H.264 compression
that you find in MPEG4 files.

For more information on the various types of compression and options you
have for creating QuickTime videos, please see the documentation for
QuickTime.

Resolution and Framerate
Once you have chosen your Format and Compression you have two
remaining options to select for your video. The first is the resolution that
will be used for the video and the second is the framerate that will be used
for playback.