I was under the impression Windows played MP4 now.

If it's an earlier version of Windows, the only common codec is the
terribly out-of-date MPEG-1. You don't have much choice if they're on old
Windows.

On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Ashley Aitken wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> I have to encode a video for Windows users and don't wish to make them
> install QuickTime Player for Windows (just to play H264 encoded video,
> hopefully I have got that correct).
>
> What would be the best codec and container to use when exporting from
> iMovie using QuickTime (or from QuickTime itself) for Windows users (best
> compromise of quality and file size)?
>
> Thanks,
> Ashley.
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