I am going to be encodeing a movie into  MP4 there are two settings I have
MPEG 4 Divx     or   H264

I see all this information on the web about  H264  is good for  High quality video.

But what is realy good here out of the two of themSimple answer. Go with H264. Newer, better and  SMALLER.  They say  H264  gives good video quality but  biger files size.

Then some say smaller file size??At the same bitrate both codecs will give files roughly the same size. The difference is that h.264 has better picture quality at lower bitrates.

In my experience, H.264 is better, I always use this. Good luck to you.The Lowest I Bit Rate I can set it to is   256  or  I can pick the word  Default.

Is  256   to Low or will it give  the same picture quality?I've experienced H 264. It has a high qualification picture. I think it's the most interesting for now.What would you say not to go below when I st the Bitrate for my  mp4 AVC  H246 ?

My player can output to HDMi  to watch on TV.

I would want the smallest file size but keep good video picture. Quote from: nymph4 on January 31, 2011, 09:41:59 AM

I would want the smallest file size but keep good video picture.

So I am going to make mp4s now and I want to know what would be a Lowest bitrate I can get away with and have it look good when I do  watch it on a  HDMi  TV?