AIR for Android - best video specs?

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to develop a custom video player app using the AIR for Android extension in Flash Pro CS5.
I tried out an FLV and an MP4 video with the most stripped back code snippet, but the video still seemed a bit jerky on my phone. (Samsung Galaxy S)
// Code
var video:Video;
var connect_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
connect_nc.connect(null);
var stream_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(connect_nc);
stream_ns.client = this;
video = new Video();
addChild(video);
video.attachNetStream(stream_ns);
stream_ns.play("video.flv");
Would anyone know what the ideal encoding specs are for non-jerky video? Is it something to do with H.264, or perhaps CPU vs GPU? (I tried that too, with no visible difference.) Even with the app running at the appropriate frames per second (in this case, 24fps), the video seemed less than smooth.
Any comments would be much appreciated!

Hi [email protected]
These should help you:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/encoding-guidelines-android.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/video-player-optimization.html
regards Mike

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