Best settings for exporting HDV to web

[simm]

I'm exporting HDV videos (from my HV30) to the web in flv format at 700kbps, Deinterlaced (using Premiere CS3). The videos don't seem as crisp as I thought they would be originally. Is there some sort of downsampling method I should use for exporting my videos to flv (without making them huge)?

I'm going from 1440x1200 (1080i) way down to 360x203. Any suggestions on exporting so far down?

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

Use more resolution. At 700 kbps, you can go at 480x270 resolution.

Additionally, there's no reason to use the old FLV codec. You can export in .mp4, Flash 9/10 support streaming MP4 files now. MP4 h.264 has better quality than FLV at the same bitrate. I would suggest you use 640x360 at 700 kbps with streaming MP4.

[simm]

Okay, I guess I'll try that - but embedding mp4's is more difficult than flv's AFAIK...right?

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

No, it's the same "difficulty". You just need to have a player that knows how to handle MP4s.

[simm]

By "difficult" I meant IE's lovely flash embed issues of late. I don't think mp4 should be much more of an issue to deal with. Thanks for the replies!