Fastest Quicktime Streaming Setting

Hey there...
I am sure this question has been asked before, but I did a search of the forums and couldn't find what I was looking for, so I will ask it again...
I have some sample clips of my work on my website. They are currently streaming quicktime files. I can't help but feel that I do not get the response to them that I expect because the files take too long to load if you do not have an extremely fast connection. I want to keep the clips I have up now, but compress the size of the files down even more so they load quicker. Currently a clip that's about 1:10 is around 13MB, which I know is too big for quick streaming for lower speeds. I compressed them using the default web streaming setting for Compressor 2.
What would be the best setting I can use to compress them down to an even smaller size for quicker streaming while still retaining a respectable image quality?
Thanks!

Hi,
Broadly speaking iChat "reads" the Quicktime setting.
In iChat 2 and 3 this gets read as a 0kbps at times at the Automatic setting.
In iChat 4 this is preset to 384kbps but may still be below your Upload speed.
We have long been suggesting that you use 1.5Mbps in Quicktime (this will be as fast as most Video Streaming web sites) so that iChat stores the fastest possible setting (Intranet/LAN also produced strange figures in iChat 3).
In iChat > Preferences > Video Section there is the Bandwidth Limit setting.
This can help with connection that vary a great deal by capping iChat to a lower Limit (Try 500kbps first).
This can also help if buddies have a larger upload speed than you have Download even though iChat tends to work at whichever is your lower speed which in turn in normally the Upload. (it saves the iChat Buffering extra work which can smooth out Video or Audio issues)
10:01 PM Saturday; November 28, 2009

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