I've uploaded a video I've encoded to mp4 and looks nice and clear.

However after publishing it playback on my family site is not as good. The transitions get a lot of blocking in it. A screenshot comparison of the source video and the  online video can be viewed here http://i.imgur.com/IfLU1.jpg

Does MyHeritage 'reencode' the video that is uploaded ?

Just trying to pinpoint the drop in quality.

Hmmmm, this is a shame.

Firstly, I'm paying for extra space so there should at least be an option to not have video file size reduced.

Transcoding video for members utilising a free account I totally accept, but not those paying for their space.

Also, there is a 50MB size limit for videos, both mine were 25MB each or less, if I recall correctly. Why resize these ? Perhaps just do those that exceed the 50MB allowance.

I hope the option is considered to leave content untouched. Transcoding already heavily compressed video is never the ideal solution which is why I always start with the post edit DV output when creating videos for upload.

Thank you.