The best bet to ensure your video can be played in browsers is add them in both WebM (VP8) or MP4 (H264). These will load in most browsers, but not all.
The two most important ways to optimise videos for your web design are compression and conversion. There is a free coovert and compress tool online here.
1080x720 is perfectly fine, and creates a reasonable file size. 1920x1080 is pushing it a little.
I recommend 720p for youir site videos but here is an idea of some resolutions:
360p
This resolution is basically only used for mobile devices as the smaller progressive scan uses up less data.
480p
Also known as Standard Definition (SD) and often called ‘DVD quality’.
720p
True High-Definition starts at 720p, and this is the resolution you’re used to seeing on your HD TV.
1080p
If you’re wanting to show your video on a large screen, YouTube, Vimeo or a video sharing platform, 1080p is the best quality resolution you should be using. It prides itself on crystal clear playback!
Over 1080p
Yes! Anything above 1080p is considered Ultra-HD (UHD). Commonly, the magic pixel for this 2160p or ‘4K’ or even ‘Quad HD’. Today’s digital cameras shoot from 2K-8K (2,000-8,000 pixels), with 4K being the standard for UHD viewing.
1080p and 720p are best for YouTube.
YouTube allows both 720p and 1080p video resolutions to be uploaded. They do however recommend 1280 x 720 pixels for fastest loading speed. Videos will only be accepted in widescreen 16:9.
I recommend exporting and uploading your video project in 1080p x 1920p resolution (super HD video). File format should be MP4 or MOV. We export all our videos in MP4 and webm.
Test your video on a website called Test Probe using ffmpeg here.
The bitrate of your video sets the minimum network speed that your customers can use. In general, the bitrate of your video should be about 80% of the available throughput on the network. So a 20 MBPS video really needs 24 MBPS network throughput to play the video seamlessly. Everyone on a slower connection will have a quite poor experience and is likely to not be able to watch the video at all. More specifically, this means that for us to play smoothly and silky on 4G, the bitrate has to stay below 7.2 MBPS.
The r_frame_rate value at Test Probe displays a value eg. 60000/1001 which means 60 frames per second. Typical frame rates on the web are 25–30 so if your video was showing 60 frames per secon we could reduce the file size by reducing the bitrate.
When uploading images to the web there are a number of things to take into consideration, such as what is the image being used for, how large should the file be, and what type of image should be used for different areas on your site.
Also consider your page load speed.
Some of the main sizes are:
Full Width: 2400x1600px, jpeg and optimised.
Inside content images:
Horizontal - Max Width 1500px, jpeg optimised.
Vertical - Max width 1000px, jpeg and optimised.
Slideshows:
The height should be the same whether they are horizontal or vertical - 1500px.
Blog Posts:
The width should be the same whether they are horizontal or vertical - 1500px.
Featured images:
Follow the same size as inside content images.
For retina devices, double the image pixel density. You need images twice the size for retina devices so they look nice and crisp. Once you’ve found the correct image size you’ll want to double those sizes.
Use the developers inspector tool in browsers to find image sizes on the site.
The best bet to ensure your video can be played in browsers is add them in both WebM (VP8) or MP4 (H264). These will load in most browsers, but not all.
The two most important ways to optimise videos for your web design are compression and conversion. There is a free coovert and compress tool online here.
1080x720 is perfectly fine, and creates a reasonable file size. 1920x1080 is pushing it a little.
I recommend 720p for youir site videos but here is an idea of some resolutions:
360p
This resolution is basically only used for mobile devices as the smaller progressive scan uses up less data.
480p
Also known as Standard Definition (SD) and often called ‘DVD quality’.
720p
True High-Definition starts at 720p, and this is the resolution you’re used to seeing on your HD TV.
1080p
If you’re wanting to show your video on a large screen, YouTube, Vimeo or a video sharing platform, 1080p is the best quality resolution you should be using. It prides itself on crystal clear playback!
Over 1080p
Yes! Anything above 1080p is considered Ultra-HD (UHD). Commonly, the magic pixel for this 2160p or ‘4K’ or even ‘Quad HD’. Today’s digital cameras shoot from 2K-8K (2,000-8,000 pixels), with 4K being the standard for UHD viewing.
1080p and 720p are best for YouTube.
YouTube allows both 720p and 1080p video resolutions to be uploaded. They do however recommend 1280 x 720 pixels for fastest loading speed. Videos will only be accepted in widescreen 16:9.
I recommend exporting and uploading your video project in 1080p x 1920p resolution (super HD video). File format should be MP4 or MOV. We export all our videos in MP4 and webm.
Test your video on a website called Test Probe using ffmpeg here.
The bitrate of your video sets the minimum network speed that your customers can use. In general, the bitrate of your video should be about 80% of the available throughput on the network. So a 20 MBPS video really needs 24 MBPS network throughput to play the video seamlessly. Everyone on a slower connection will have a quite poor experience and is likely to not be able to watch the video at all. More specifically, this means that for us to play smoothly and silky on 4G, the bitrate has to stay below 7.2 MBPS.
The r_frame_rate value at Test Probe displays a value eg. 60000/1001 which means 60 frames per second. Typical frame rates on the web are 25–30 so if your video was showing 60 frames per secon we could reduce the file size by reducing the bitrate.
When uploading images to the web there are a number of things to take into consideration, such as what is the image being used for, how large should the file be, and what type of image should be used for different areas on your site.
Also consider your page load speed.
Some of the main sizes are:
Full Width: 2400x1600px, jpeg and optimised.
Inside content images:
Horizontal - Max Width 1500px, jpeg optimised.
Vertical - Max width 1000px, jpeg and optimised.
Slideshows:
The height should be the same whether they are horizontal or vertical - 1500px.
Blog Posts:
The width should be the same whether they are horizontal or vertical - 1500px.
Featured images:
Follow the same size as inside content images.
For retina devices, double the image pixel density. You need images twice the size for retina devices so they look nice and crisp. Once you’ve found the correct image size you’ll want to double those sizes.
Use the developers inspector tool in browsers to find image sizes on the site.