Great thread... and fits into a discussion I was having with a friend who wanted me to encode a 13 min. video I had captured off cable for the creation of a streaming web video. Someone had suggested WMV to her, too. I came back suggesting QT (H.264) Her other someone had also suggested doing a Flash version. ?? Did a quick web search and saw various discussions regarding different stream encoding speeds for slower dialup access to ultra high speed cable/dsl. Do those different stream encoding speeds impact output quality or just help fast internet connections stream quicker?? Thanks.