Ok folks. It seems I’m back in encoding hell. I am looking for the best and most popular streaming format known to mankind. Why, because I want to move away from our shockwave files to a format that allows for true streaming. Furthermore, our shockwave files are rather large. In some cases over 100MB. I think I want pure flash files but I’m keeping an open mind.

I know how to convert my H264 AVI files to FLV (Flash). So far I can make a beautiful 1:1 FLV file but the file size grows to 2-4 times that of the input AVI. No good. I can also make several shitty FLV’s that are pixelated when played. So basically, I can make really good one or really bad ones. Nothing in between.

What I need is some help. Who out there knows of a FFmpeg or MEncoder guru who is willing to lend a hand? All one has to do is download episode 024 or 025 (these are for sure encoded in H264 format) and try converting it to a flash file. Resolution has to be 800×600 with decent sounding audio.

Help me Obi-Won Kenobi. You are my last hope.