Thanks so much! I'll upload them ASAP.
EDIT: Oh, WOW. Seeing iM@S in 60fps was a nice surprise. Does it actually look like that on a TV display?
EDIT 2: Just uploaded the videos, and while Matane's thumbnail showed as it was uploading and processing, it appears as a blank thumbnail when I try to view it. It's not a huge problem, but it does kind of bother me. Should I just wait or reupload? The other thumbnails appear just fine.
Occasionally when uploading to the likes of youtube, the upload will break due to the internet (tm). If the file got to you fine at your end (I assume you watched it, and it was fine) you'll have to reupload it, most likely.
And yes, the encoding and transport was designed so that it'd get very, very close to an actual PS3's output. It's still got some data loss compared to the real thing, but losing about 0.001% fidelity for a 95% reduction in the file size is fine by me. In short, barring me sending a 16GB file, that's as accurate as it'll ever look, and unless you know what you're looking for, you could pop that on a PS3 and very few people would know the difference.
(I know what to look for, but I've worked with video encoding for years, so expertise and all that.)
As a bit of trivia - the OfA prerendered 13 idol performances are encoded at a lower bitrate than what has been provided here. Go figure, I suppose.