640x360 is a good compromise resolution, not a bad balance between res, bitrate & filesize, and device compatibility.
It will be passable to many people on a larger screen via Apple TV, but your 720p version should be noticably better. There are still some users & devices that will struggle with h264 in general, but most will be ok with 640xwhatever videos. 1280x720 or higher, some will struggle with cpu use, and such high resolutions are likely a hinderance rather than a help to portable device users. But also bear in mind that the tone of that email suggests Apple is desperate to get people to move beyond 320x240 more, as that low a res starts to look bad on the Apple TV. So they are mostly targetting people to move their res up, not down. Jay that Apple video loks like quicktime, at a guess they have hidden the quicktime plugin controls and used javascript to make nicer looking controls. Cheers Steve Elbows \ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From the Apple TV e-mail, it looks like 640x360 is what they're > > recommending for the widescreen aspect for both Apple TV and > > iPods/iPhones, but... won't that look less clear than the full 720? > > Or is it possible that with the right settings, 640x360 would look > > passably good on the widest range of devices. > > And do these settings create specific headaches for non-Apple users? > > Or, at this point, can most users play with these MPEG-4 files? > > apple hasnt always thought about the larger web community when they > come up with apple standards. > its always good to be the king. > > I thought this was an interesting video they included in their email: > what is a podcast= http://www.apple.com/itunes/tutorials/#podcasts > (is this flash or a weir new QT player?) > > Jay > > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
