Video Format?

blacknight · 05-10-2008, 13:36

I've got access to some videos that I can put on a site, but the choice of media is:

windows media
quicktime
real player

I'm not sure which one is more popular with end users.

Any ideas?

Briask · 05-10-2008, 18:42

Depends on the audience...

My thoughts would be :

The vast majority of surfers are non techie, the "normal person" is running XP or Vista so Windows Media is there by default.

Quicktime gets "bundled" with iTunes so quite a large "audience", also will be there for your typical Mac zealot

Real player is a odd one its a bit too "adware"...

stanneon · 15-10-2008, 08:42

we'll it depends, like what Briask have said there is a large audience using Quicktime.
IMO, user likes it fast, what if don't have Quicktime?... use .FLV(Flash Video)...

twilight11 · 15-10-2008, 11:44

I will go on the quicktime. Briask is right, Apple Quicktime has connection on iTunes and you can expect large traffic.

Quote:

what if don't have Quicktime?... use .FLV(Flash Video)...

It may be an alternative because many users are using .flv extension file and the most popular of them is YouTube.

shinzo159 · 31-10-2008, 16:45

hey... do you know about 3gp format? and could an mpeg format be converted to mpeg4? what software should I use?

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Briask Cool Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 34 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Depends on the audience... My thoughts would be : The vast majority of surfers are non techie, the "normal person" is running XP or Vista so Windows Media is there by default. Quicktime gets "bundled" with iTunes so quite a large "audience", also will be there for your typical Mac zealot Real player is a odd one its a bit too "adware"...

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stanneon Cool Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 32 iTrader: 0 / 0%	we'll it depends, like what Briask have said there is a large audience using Quicktime. IMO, user likes it fast, what if don't have Quicktime?... use .FLV(Flash Video)...