FYI: Random bit of video encoding news
It looks like Google may be improving the video encoding situation soon with a new VP8 format. Hopefully, it will be on Android soon:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15921..._video_forever
Better, faster encoding using less CPU, and lower CPU requirments for decoding. Found a description of the inner working of VP8 here:
http://www.dspdesignline.com/showArt...leID=214303691