The video and audio quality of my streaming media is poor. What can I do to make it look and sound better?
There are a number of factors that affect the audio and video quality of streamed files and a number of ways to improve their quality.First, always start with the highest-quality video possible. If your source material looks and sounds bad, so will your final encoded product. Second, try to minimize the amount of motion in your video, and only use simple cuts for transitions. This will help keep your encoded file small and quality high. Next, encode your clips at the highest quality level possible, while staying within the limits of your users’ bandwidth. For example, if your students will be accessing the video exclusively from on-campus computers, you can encode at a much higher bandwidth and quality level than if they are accessing it from home. Finally, you may want to look at professional-level encoding software, such as Sorenson Squeeze or RealProducer Plus, which offer access to encoding features not available in QuickTime Pro or RealProducer Basic.
