Flash or Encore

I need to add four 30 second videos to my client's site.
Should I use Encore or Flash to create the videos?
Which downloads faster?
Is there a difference in how I insert them into the page?
I have used both programs but am far from an expert in
either.
Any and all advice appreciated.
Thanks
Karhy

Flash Video is sort of the web standard these days. It's
widely supported
on win/mac and it's the video format used by Google, YouTube,
MySpace and
many other video sharing sites. Download speed will depend on
how fast your
server is, the level of compression used to convert or render
clips and the
height/width of your final videos.
More on Video Streaming here:
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/streaming/
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"KJonesy" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g9144i$r8s$[email protected]..
> I need to add four 30 second videos to my client's site.
Should I use
Encore or
> Flash to create the videos?
> Which downloads faster?
> Is there a difference in how I insert them into the
page?
> I have used both programs but am far from an expert in
either.
> Any and all advice appreciated.
> Thanks
> Karhy
>

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    Thanks again for your help.
    Tom

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