Agreed.
I have settled on using QuickTime exclusively for even Windows-only projects. It is reliable across many different Windows configurations ...much better than Windows Media. In the past, I've downloaded the full install for Windows and included it on the CD-ROM. My stub projector looks for the QuickTime version and, if not present or current enough, it offers to launch the QuickTime installer for them. It's about as transparent as it can be.
Ron Woodland St. George, UT USA
On Mar 25, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:
At 11:45 PM -0800 3/24/05, Slava Paperno wrote:
QT requires an install of QuickTime in Windows.
I might dispute this part. Look at this technology breakdown:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ tech_breakdown.html
If you're put off by only having about 60% of people able to use your video without an additional install, you should certainly never develop for Real Video or for Shockwave, and most definitely not for Windows Media.
Most people buying CD-ROMs would not be shocked at finding that they had one or two things to install, so why not use QuickTime, it's been playing media quite nicely for over 13 years.
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