As with almost anything digital, the more bits of information available to the processing computer, the more accurate and higher quality your final product will be. This applies to both the video and audio worlds. Not that long ago, we were content with a video that had a 4:3 aspect ratio and was delivered in a small digital format of 726 x 576 pixels (PAL). But now with the advent of both HD video and high speed Internet, the formats and options are huge. The hard part is deciding which format you need to render your project to for delivery to your audience.
One of the first places you will put your final video for others to see will probably be on the Internet. Whether it is on your own website or on one of the many free available popular sites, such as YouTube. Up until recently all videos on YouTube were in the FLV format or Flash Video format. I say recently as with the introduction of the new Internet language HTML5, we shall see the FLV trend changing over to...