Are you creating screencasts? Here are a few quick tips you might want to keep in mind.

Always rememeber, quality and file size is relative to each other. Better quality = bigger files = more difficult for some people to view due to download time.

1. Produce in FLV format. Explanation –> http://richmediainfoproduct.com/convert-file-to-flv.html
2. If your video is very long, consider breaking it up into smaller chunks.
3. Use minimal fancy stuff e.g. all those click sounds, and clicking animations will increase the video size.
4. Audio wise, depending on what format you output, there should be options to save the audio at a different rate. The higher the rate, the better quality but also larger in size.
5. Less moving about the screen reduces file sizes too.
6. Make sure you have lots of bandwidth for streaming. If you need a cheap host with considerable bandwidth to host your videos, here are some suggestions. Dreamhost, HostGator, MomWebs.
7. Don’t forget to post to YouTube, Google (although they are now the same company I don’t know if they will merge the site soon) and other video sites to gain a little bit of exposure.

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