Exactly--everything she said and I would add that often people publish in a format that will play on other devices (such as the ipod) that require a specific file format and specs. Most portable devices can't play flash movies.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In [email protected], "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll answer the other question. Viewers have all kinds of computers, > old, new and bleeding edge. We also now have a generation of people > viewing on media player devices that will accept one particular > format, IPod = MP4 Zune = WVM. > > Mac Folk can't view WMV's without a third party application like > Flip4Mac. > > PC folks can download the free QT player but you might not be able to > do that at work or your old pokey at home doesn't have the CPU/Graphic > Card needed to run the current version. > > Flash is a "universal format" but the user has to make sure that they > have upgraded to the current version to see the current generation of > flash videos in the FLV format. If they have an older system, a prior > version of Flash, or are not tech savvy they can't or won't do this. > > Some vloggers make the decision to just present in one format. Others > want to make sure that anyone that comes to the vlog has an > opportunity to see the videos in the format their system can accept. > > I generally upload a .wmv and .mov versions. I was also doing .mp4 but > I had problems with folks not being able to see the videos, they saw > garbage text instead. This was when .mp4 came out and I'm sure the > problem has been solved. I'm just too busy to always remember to > encoded in the format. > > There are also bandwidth/accessibility issues to consider. > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com > http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video > > > > > Also, is there a reason why many blogs put all 3 > > formats: .mov,wma,flsh, under a post. Why wouldn't you just rely on > > Flash? I thought that 98% of people had flash installed? > > > > Thanks for the help, > > Tobey > > >
