High quality video encoding

I'm a video cameraman and on a regular basis need to send short clips of promotional video to an agency overseas. Sometimes a few seconds of the video is broadcast on TV. Currently I courier the footage by tape but would like to see whether it's possible t
o FTP it to the agency's web server.
However, I'm worried that if I download the footage onto my PC and encode it with Windows Movie Maker using XP Home edition, the technical quality of the encoded video is not of a high-enough standard. This is because I believe Movie Maker only allows the
user to encode the video at a relatively low bit rate. From what I understand, I need to encode at 4Mbps minimum. Is this possible please with Windows Media technology and, if so, where can I find the necessary software?

you could save it as dv/avi file type. 30.0Mb/s using windows movie maker 2.
The rest of the encoding either use a variable byte rate or lower than 4MB/sec

Chris,

See the Saving Movies Custom WMV Profile page of my website. I made a
custom profile last week that aligns with the new WMV/High Definition video
files. The size I used is 1280x720 pixels and the video bitrate is 6Mbps.
I have a link to let you download the profile and try it out...

I made the profile to align with the new Coral Reef Adventure 2-disc set....
one a standard DVD and the other with High Definition WMV files, which have
6 times the resolution of the standard DVD.

PapaJohn


"Chris Newton" wrote in message
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I'm a video cameraman and on a regular basis need to send short clips of
promotional video to an agency overseas. Sometimes a few seconds of the
video is broadcast on TV. Currently I courier the footage by tape but would
like to see whether it's possible to FTP it to the agency's web server.
However, I'm worried that if I download the footage onto my PC and encode
it with Windows Movie Maker using XP Home edition, the technical quality of
the encoded video is not of a high-enough standard. This is because I
believe Movie Maker only allows the user to encode the video at a relatively
low bit rate. From what I understand, I need to encode at 4Mbps minimum. Is
this possible please with Windows Media technology and, if so, where can I
find the necessary software?