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Originally Posted by crazytrini85
Now THAT is the sort of info I have been looking for. Maybe one of the most informitive posts ever on this board. Thank you sir.  |
Hopefully the info is accurate!
On the tricks to slim down the bitrate, what you're really looking for is tradeoffs in the "bit budget." By reducing the bitrate requirement in one way, you can then increase the overall bitrate without materially increasing the size of the file. Since your source has a lot of motion it's going to be tricky for you.
All compressed video has a set macroblock size (though some, like H.264, have variable block size), and the 16-pixel increments is a good rule of thumb anyway. It's just that for Flash and FLV it tends to be more important.
I thought I'd also mention that not all FLV players automatically apply smoothing and deblocking. It's something they can toggle off and on in Actionscript, and is independent of the video file itself. See if your player has a smooth/deblock option, and make sure it's set to On. Or try your video in one or two different players.