Could you have two movies? .mov for Macs and .wmv for windows users? Although .mp3 sounds good too. James Z.
On 10/23/06 2:23 PM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been studying this question as well for some time and I keep coming to > different conclusions depending on which multimedia guru I've consulted most > recently. :-) > > The most recent input I got said, "Why don't you just encode in mp3 and let > the system figure out what's the best app for displaying your movie, thus > avoiding all the proprietary garbage?" Since I didn't have an answer to that > one, and since the guy who asked it isn't someone I know other than by rep, > I just sort of punted. > > But now that the question is on the table, can someone here who knows this > stuff answer that question? > > On 10/23/06, Bill Marriott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Steve, >> >>> Can all of this be avoided, including the necessity of including the >>> Quicktime >>> installer, by making the Windows version of the standalones using AVI >>> format? >>> Do all Windows computers come with AVI reading capabilities >> preinstalled? >>> Would there be any drawback to using AVI rather than MOV format? >> Thanks. >> >> This are great questions. All Windows computers come with the ability to >> play AVI files (at least, outside of Rev). This article lists the default >> codecs installed: >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899113 >> >> Windows Media player will automatically download [certain supported] >> codecs >> as required, but I don't think embedded AVIs (in Rev stacks) have this >> ability. >> >> I don't think there's any drawback to using AVI on Windows except for the >> extra coding involved. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
