hauppuage 720x480 best conversion for web

[jwfc]

I am using the Hauppauge PVR 250 to capture my video which captures it into MPEG2 720x480. I played around with VirtualDub and I'm trying to find a good bitrate and size for the web like Youtube and stuff. I feel like 320x240 at ~200 kbps looks good, but it's too small. I wanted something in the 400 range that looks sharp and doesn't skew the movie too much by shrinking or widening it too much. Any basic advice? Thanks!

[Baldrick]

Youtube reconverts everything to flash video, 320x240 and a low bitrate. If you want something better try other video upload sites like stage6 divx or host it on your own site.

[jwfc]

I'm guessing Dailymotion is the same?

[mrtunes]

i'm getting really frustrated with all these video sites. it's really hard to upload a clean video on them, especially since many of the sites cut you off at 100 megs. i've tried a lot of divx and wmv but they all look really pixelated when they show up on these sites. i can't install qt 7 cause of some audio programs on my pc, but i basically need a good workflow to export my video from vegas and then maybe shrink it down in another program for youtube. can anyone help me figure this out? thanks