I am getting some choppy video when I am exporting my edited footage to an FLV, I am looking for the best setup if anyone would be willing to help.

Currently I am using the HV20, capturing with Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 (HDV capture in 720p and 1080i), and exporting to a FLV.

Does the FLV deinterlace itself? I am seeing the Interlace effects when in motion when export to a .wmv, but getting choppiness in the .flv.

Also I am thinking about using brightcove to help host and distribute...does anyone have any feedback or other options they might suggest?

Any help/feedback is greatly appreciated!!!
Robbo

Try looking into the video upload requirement of the site you're going to. Sometimes it's not much help. Restrict the bitrate and pixel dimension. YouTube has a 100MB file maximum.

I shoot my blog with an HV20 (and a Sony HC3).

http://www.thelonglonghoneymoon.com (http://www.youtube.com/walkaboutgroup)

I export as a 3MB/s WMV9 file (using Sony Vegas). A 2-min video is usually around 50MB in size.

I've been using YouTube to serve the videos, but am considering a switch to Veoh or blip.tv -- both offer higher quality viewing, although their interface/tools need some work.