Re: Advice on Video for web

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:26:54 -0500, "Steve King"
<steveSPAMBLOCK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:iha3g19lqk4amjjbbaea397ndomhsg65ra@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:35:06 GMT, "Capt. KillaHo" <in@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Windows media is probably going to be your best bet as it will be
>>>> instant readable by the largest audience, unless your videos are aimed
>>>> at a linux or Mac crowd. Then you would need to use real and quicktime
>>>> respectively.
>>
>>>> > The video files I have are saved using the ATI software, and it has
>>>> > saved them using the Portable recording format. It actually saves the
>>>> > files with a .avi extension, however it lists them as MPEG-4, Video
>>>> > 352 x 288 PAL (625), Audio 44.100 KHz 16 Bit Stereo.
>>>
>>>Just some advise, if you do get your video's working you should check out
>>>http://www.putfile.com it's a free host for files up to 10MB. As far as
>>>compression, I think you should go with WMP, rather than Quicktime.
>>
>> I don't see any particular basis for your syggestion - would you care
>> to enlighten us why you think that ? The choice of compression depends
>> on relatively few factors compared to the choice of delivery medium.
>>
>> If you consider QT7 on Mac and PC now supports H264 video, but also
>> supports many more video formats in the QT container than WM video
>> does, there are significant advantages for a small producer to use
>> quicktime and MP4/MP3 audio or H264/AAC audio.
>>
>> Certainly you're not tied to one delivery platform (Windows Server or
>> web server), which you would be if using Real or WM.
>>
>> HTH
>> Cheers - Neil
>
>I considered QT for some web delivered files. I liked the quality of MP4.
>However, a quick telephone survey of my clients revealed that not a single
>one had QT installed. These customers are not cutting edge (not that QT is
>cutting edge) computer users. I opted for something else.
>
>Steve King

Thanks Steve, that's clearer. You were discussing installed client
compatibility rather than compression (though the client and the
format are often interrelated, it's not necessarily the case ;-)

Cheers - Neil

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