Exporting small film for internet

Hi,
I'm editing a trailer to post on an internet web site. What's the best compression, exporting settings, for best quality without the clip taking forever to open and view?

Go to http://www.proapptips.com
Register there (free and safe) and go to the downloads area. In there you'll see some Compressor 1 droplets that you'll be able to drag your movie onto and have it compress it for you.
Should work well.
Also -- you might want to think about going to Tiger and using QT7. Much better quality using m4v or h.264 -- but those don't have complete market saturation yet so some computers won't be able to watch them.
CaptM

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ironj679 wrote:
.. I want to put the video online in High Def. Everytime I export the project it is a HUGE 900 meg file or it is stretchy looking. ..
define 'huge'..
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I have been trying for days to make a video of a very specific size (580x326) work with internet streaming. Im exporting with quicktime, however i cant seem to post under quicktime, so im posting here as i have final cut pro as well.
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QuickTime Movie. Forget the render filed, they seldom reconnect properly; it's usually better just to re-render. Keep your G-RAID and make sure it is backed up together with your project.

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