How do I convert an iPhone 720p video into a similar quality Flash video using ffmpeg?

Question

What are the proper arguments to ffmpeg to covert an iPhone4 720p video into a similar quality Flash video?

I tried the following which resulted in a low quality Flash video:

ffmpeg -i movie.mov movie.flv

What are the right switches?

Answer 1

You're very close. Use this instead:

ffmpeg -i movie.mov -sameq movie.flv

The -sameq option ensures that the same video quality will be used for the output as the source.