And don't forget DivX. We don't play on ipos or psp's (yet ;) ), but we have more than 50 million certified CE devices out there. That is more than every version of every ipod sold (video and non-video). We have a web player for windows and for mac.
Jim Vinson DivX, Inc. --- In [email protected], "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" > <digitalfilmmaker@> 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 > > > > > > 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/
