Hi again ATR,
Sorry I was so long-winded in my last post! I hope the message didn't get lost. I'm mainly trying to find out whether lower bitrates or slow internet connections cause jerky/stuttering movements in-frame. More on that in a sec.
I realize that you must need breaks from your voluntary work on this forum and that you might be busy helping others. I'm hoping you get a chance to view both of those uploads to YouTube of same video at different bitrates - per the links in my last post. I actually should take them down soon, as one person has objected to being filmed at the local market, so I have taken the video down from Facebook, and although this person probably won't find my YouTube page, I should do the right thing as soon as you confirm that you've seen the 2 YouTube postings. (The footage is very respectful - I don't know the specific objection, and although I have the woman's name, I'm still trying to identify her visually so that I can perhaps remove the shot, re-edit and upload again).
So, just your initial reaction to the videos will help.
Meanwhile, I'm strongly suspecting that internet speed has a much bigger influence than bitrates on smoothness of movement in-frame! I've just noticed that movement looks pretty smooth in the low bitrate version on YouTube and stuttery when viewing the high bitrate version - possibly at slower internet speed! Without having heard from you, I'm guessing that 6mbps might be an adequate target bitrate for videos that will be seen by most people in small windows on YouTube and Facebook!
Hope you've been able to have a nice break and that you haven't been flat out helping people with more pressing problems! Once I resolve these optimal upload settings I won't be experimenting for the sake of it, as content and quality interest me rather than adventurous treatment. A few rough camera shots crept into this project, as I was a bit rushed getting stills as well.
Would be interested to see any material you've posted online.
- Phil