I totally agree with Bill in that most of my PC friends can watch Quicktime. I'm still new at this so I have bigger priorities than getting a WMV file for download. Besides, if they don't have Quicktime, their computers might be to slow to have a good user experience anyway.
--- Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is that there isn't just one good > universal format. > Flash comes the closest to being a universal format > for Web viewing, > but it doesn't work on most portable devices. If you > want to be sure > that your stuff can be seen on the iPod then choose > one of the 3 > formats work with it: MOV, MP4 or M4V (actually > there are only two > formats MP4 and MOV since M4V is just a MP4). Also > MP4's isn't as > universal as you might think. It's not the 'MP3 of > video.' Windows > Media doesn't natively support it. And the MP4 that > is encoded to > play on an iPod won't play on a PSP and vice versa. > > But then again I've heard reports from some people > who post in > quicktime and WMV that the WMV is downloaded much > more. But I > believe that Andrew from Rocketboom has said that > the majority of > their downloads are Quicktime. Perhaps he'll correct > me if I'm wrong. > > Fortunately, thanks to the popularity of the iPod > and it's > supporting software iTunes, quicktime isn't all that > rare on PC's > anymore. It's pretty standard in fact--for people > inclined to > consume online media. > > I currently post iPod compatible MOVs and Flash, but > that may change > soon. The ratio of views that I get is 50 to 1 > favoring quicktime. > > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > > --- In [email protected], "Kent Nichols" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If you just want one format, go with the iPod > video format. > > > > We encode, .mov, .m4v, .mp3, flash, and .wmv. > With .m4v being > about > > 98% of our viewership. > > > > -K > > > > --- In [email protected], > "sdorfman.rm" <sdorfman@> > wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I'm about to start a video blog. I'm trying to > decide on a > format > > to encode my videos in, and > > > I was hoping for feedback from the collective > experience of this > list. > > > > > > Here are the goals I'd like to satisfy with my > video compression > choice: > > > 1. one format for windows and mac (hopefully > this is possible, > I'd > > rather not have a .mov and > > > .wmv of each video because that complicates > things and takes up > > double the server space > > > and doubles my compression time. maybe mpeg4 > will satisfy this > > requirement? i realize > > > windows users can download quicktime, but i'd > rather use a format > > that doesn't require > > > windows users to have to download software.) > > > 2. compatible with video ipods > > > 3. easily compressed with my existing workflow > Final Cut -> > Compressor. > > > > > > What do y'all think? Am I asking for the moon > here? > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > > http://www.jchtv.com/ A vlog about craic, cocktails, travel, sailing and Philadelphia! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
