Quicktime usage in director

Hi all,
I am using quicktime movies in director and trying to get
them to play smoothly, at the moment the quicktime movies are set
as:
1024x576 (have to use it at this size)
25 fps
Sorenson 3 compression
Can anyone recommend which Data Rate or any other settings I
should use to try and get this to play smooth
Thankyou

Depends on your target computers. If you are targeting new
high end
PCs, then the numbers will be very different from older ones.
And where
will the quicktime movies be? I ask because you will never
get video at
that size to stream off a CD smoothly... if it is on the hard
drive,
then you stand a chance. For faster machines.
Either way, I don't have the numbers for you. It is usually a
whole lot
of testing and retesting on equipment that is somewhat like
your minimum
requirement...
And the program you use to do the compression will make a
difference.
Sorensen 3 is a good codec, but different programs implement
it
different, and the output of most programs... Premier, After
Effects,
etc does not often look as good as that which is made using
Sorensen
Squeeze or some other professional compression programs.

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