Progressive, also known as HTTP download, is downloaded to the viewers hard drive and is not dependent on the speed of the viewers internet connection. Each Internet Service Provider has different requirements for Internet Streaming, you'll need to check with your ISP for particulars.
If the size or bandwidth of the file is too great, slower internet connections like dial up or slow DSL will have problems playing back in real time. With this type of delivery, the size or bandwidth of the file is critical. This is one reason for using Internet Streaming, no copy is made. The file is delivered in real time for viewing but is not written to the hard drive. Real Time Streaming (RTSP protocol), is used for live events like Internet radio and video. There are two different methods for delivering your QuickTime movies over the Internet, Progressive and Streaming. And of course, the topic of this article, for web distribution. A number of new video cameras also now use H.264 as an acquisition format. It is used in Blu-ray and the now defunct HD DVD (Toshiba), it is also used by some cable and satellite broadcasters. So versatile is the H.264 codec that it is used in a number of different applications. The codec is H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) and comes in a variety of flavors. For the web, we need to produce movies that will deliver high quality video.Ĭompressor has a codec that will do what we need, deliver high quality video at lower data rates then the codecs that we used in the past. When working in FCP, we struggle to maintain the highest quality video possible. Many of us place videos at our own web sites and at other web sites as well.
Additionally, YouTube is not the only game in town. Even with the new 'higher quality' YouTube videos, the quality is not representational of the video that we work with in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express. Flash does an excellent job of reducing long videos into very small files, but there is a price to be paid, the quality of these videos can be very poor indeed.
Some sections of this Compessor article are the same as in the QuickTime article. This is a companion article to the QuickTime H.264 movies from FCP for the Web. Compressor H.264 movies from FCP for the Web