AVI to low-quality FLV for fast streaming?

[vangelon]

Hi guys,
A quick question...

I have several AVI files with full-episode length movies on them (anime/cartoons) which I would like to convert to FLV or F4V for low quality streaming. Not low like youtube or megavideo, but low enough for people to choose this option other than downloading a full AVI file worth of it.

I have a bought copy (for work) of Adobe CS4, so have used the Adobe Media Encoder CS4 to convert my file. The lowest I went with it was 200kbps video with 96kbps audio at size 624x352 to find the file to be ~50mb. Though this seems like a good file size, it's pretty crappy quality doesn't make up for 50mb worth of streaming time.

Does anyone have an alternative, or has done something like this before for themselves?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[vangelon]

Sorry double post.. /delete

[Baldrick]

LOWER the resolution to something like 352x198. 200kbps for 624x352 is way too low.

ANd I hope you understand that is not okey to share copyrighted material with everyone...

[vangelon]

Thanks for your reply, will give it a go, but wouldn't 352x198 be too small? Especially for something that's say 30 minutes long to watch... ?