how to stream video

[jarntzen]

I am an artist working in new media and would like to be able to present my video pieces on my website: http://www.jennyarntzen.com/. I have a short film 4:57 on that page and I would like it to load instantly and play, preferrably at a larger format than Quicktime web size. Is this possible? Or is this the best I can do?

Thanks, if anyone can help me with this.

[simon]

Your upload speed is the limit of how fast the video loads. Try to get a higher upload speed, or find someone who already has a higher upload speed to host the video (youtube maybe). You could also try to compress the video in other formats too see if you get a big decrease in filesize.

[jarntzen]

If I understand correctly, there are two factors that will affect how quickly the video will load:

1 - the upload speed of the server where the video is stored. I am using Doteasy.com. I see that youtube appears to be a place to put videos up, that might be a solution to my problem, if I can't sort out a way to do it from the server I am using.

2 - the compression format for the video - there may be a faster format. I'm working in iMovie and compressing into Quicktime formats. Is there a better way to do this?

[simon]

If I understand correctly, there are two factors that will affect how quickly the video will load:

1 - the upload speed of the server where the video is stored. I am using Doteasy.com. I see that youtube appears to be a place to put videos up, that might be a solution to my problem, if I can't sort out a way to do it from the server I am using.

Embedding youtube videos

2 - the compression format for the video - there may be a faster format. I'm working in iMovie and compressing into Quicktime formats. Is there a better way to do this?

Experiment with the settings to see what gives you the smallest filesize while keeping quality, and plays in browsers.