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For video's ranging between 40mins to 2hours, normally between 700Mb and 1.6Gb in AVI and MP4 format what is the most optimum video format to use for compression, quality and compatibility?

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You could also try asking for the best laptop brand, operating system and text editor. – Daniel Beck♦ May 4 '11 at 21:22
I actually asked specifically "what is the most optimum video format to use for compression, quality and compatibility?" not for just opinions, Dan. – hozza May 4 '11 at 21:23
Why did the question get closed? im after an answer :S – hozza May 4 '11 at 21:29
@hozza, a specific answerable question might be, "What video format would give me the smallest file size given this specific bit rate for video?" Even that isn't a good question but it has an answer. – CarlF May 4 '11 at 21:31
im after best compression, quality and compatibility, how objective can that be??? – hozza May 4 '11 at 21:34
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closed as not constructive by Daniel Beck♦, random♦ May 4 '11 at 21:23

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