Real player can play mp4's, but with properly done code on the webpage this shouldnt happen (unless you want it to).
I mean I can see what you mean, but most of these potential problems are true of mov as well. Its possible to make movs that dont fast-start. The user needs the right software installed to see them (quicktime). If embedded code is done wrong, strangeness will occur. The question is whether these mistakes are any more likely using .mp4? Embedded player code should be identical. Need for quicktime to see video embedded in browser is identical. Fast start issue needs to be determined, what encoding options cause an mp4 not to fast-start? The length of time .mov has been around is important (eg server mimetype issue), and as I admit the potential reasons to use .mp4 havent come to full fruition yet, but looking to the future I think .mp4 is more futureproof than .mov. Ahh so much fun and we havent event touched on the dreaded 'pro's and cons of h264' stuff yet. Its times like these I really wish some sort of video media format was covered by some web standards, and built into browsers. Despite the fact that Im someone who waffles tech incoherently, I hate it when computers take simple ideas and make them complex, far prefer them when they work for us and make the complex simple! Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah embed helps, but I vividly remember at least one site that had > mp4s embeded and wven with itunes installed, some crazy real player > thing would pop up and then fail to play the mp4s ... This was likely > a problem with the embed code ...but it was still a painful > experience. > > The bottom line I think is that either will work, but MOVs often offer > a better on-page experience. they fast start (some reports of mp4s > not doing so), and more importantly, they have a long history of being > recognized on the systems out there, and they can still be downloaded > to the iPod. > > Dave > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > On 2/3/06, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > > If you embed the video in HTML then this problem goes away and any > > > user should be able to see your content properly as long as they have > > > Quicktime installed. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
