YouTube Video Optimization

Crunchgear has a cool article on optimizing video for YouTube. This is cool because I just started loading videos and need all the help I can get. I can't afford Adobe Premiere ($799), but have heard good things about ULEAD ($99.99) and QuickTime Pro ($29.99). I have used Microsoft MovieMaker for now since it is free, but I am about to invest in a video cam and will be making a software investment as well. DownloadSquad also has a cool article on audio/video codec installers.