> 50 MBs with H.264 encoding optimized for iPod shrunk to
> 23.1 MB, but without H.264 encoding the file size became
> 36.3MB and in less time, something that certainly confused
> me a little.
That shouldn't confuse you. I believe H.264 is the hot new codec. Using it makes a smaller file size but takes longer to encode.
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