Antonio

OK,

I don't want to post the video, but here's the problem:

I have an AVI video that is perfect quality and the moment I upload it to YouTube, part of it (4-5 seconds) gets choppy - this is not YouTube or computer resource problem as exactly the same place gets choppy when I convert the video to WMV with Movie Maker.

I got a converter and managed to convert the AVI file to FLV with perfect quality (retained the quality of the original file) and again when I upload it to YouTube, the same place gets choppy. I guess YouTube reduces bitrates or frames per second or something and the movie gets screwed up....

I spent hours reading about similar problems and that got me nowhere - is there anything that I can do with this file so that when I upload it to YouTube it retains its original quality?

Someone suggested reducing colors or darkening the movie ? I am not sure how to do that, but if it is likely to help, I guess I can find some free tool or see if I can do it with movie maker.

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Thanks