Exporting for Web Streaming...

Hello - what are the best specs to export a file for Web Streaming? My client gave me the specs of 640x320, and it's too stretched. Also, would it be in Sorenson? MPEG-4? Something else? Thanks so much!

But H.264, good to know that that's the 'standard' setting for Web Streaming... ,
There are no standards for Web streaming. None. H.264 is a convenient place to start but only because Flash will see it and Microsoft's latest products sometimes do.
Streaming is often confused with but can be wildly different from unicast, multicast, download, and live viewing.
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Exporting for Web have some setting there,i'll choosing the .mov - H264 - and medium low quality - 15 Frame Rate - Checked Frame Reordering, others Automatic and the Audio will be 32.000hz and Mono.
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What about Self-Contained Movie? do i need it?

optimizing for download or streaming depends on what sort of site you're sharing it on. Will it be streamed or a download file?
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i have exported a video for web using quicktime and when i try to upload it, i wont play... i have the video uploaded (the actual .mov) but i dont upload another file that is exported (the .m4v) because is like 200MB and the .mov is only 4KB. how can i make the player on the web, play the .mov file instead of the .m4v? hope u understand... Thanks in advance.

How to make it smaller in file size than your original 5.5 GB file?
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Break up your 25 minute "masterpiece" into 5 minute "chunks" or compress it further by using:
Export > Movie to QuickTime Movie
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After a few sample exports you'll quickly see which data rate, frame rate and video compression codec works best for your file.

Export for web problem

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Question about file size when using "Export for Web"

Hi!
I created a .mov file and worked to get a great balance between file size and quality so that I could deliver it via the web and make it easier for end users to see the video on a slower connection.
My question: When I use "Export for Web," my .mov file is converted into a very large .m4v file--more than double the size of the original file. I know that this export option is to optimize the file for a wide variety of users/internet speeds. Am I correct in guessing that the end size is not an issue? I would post the .mov file instead, but I really like the option of embedding into a html page along with the "click to play" option.
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A QuickTime Media Link file. A tiny file should download to the viewing machine, launch QuickTime Player, present the movie and it even includes a "link" to my Web page.
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