[thelist] formats for video

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Thursday 2003 October 02 20:25, Timothy Martens wrote:
> Hi Evolters,
>
> I have a client interested in offering a 90 second video preview of
> their service. I'm little rusty on formats (real, mpeg, wmv, mov,
> flash, etc.) and am looking for feedback about best delivery methods
> for a predominantly version 5+ Browser / PC & Mac user base.

MPEG is the most standard (I assume some of those PCs and Macs will be 
running Linux, too). Forget the Windows Media formats; Microsoft 
introduces things like this to further their own objectives, often at 
the expense of the users. Same for RealVideo or whatever it's called 
now.

A 90 second video in MPEG1 should not run much over 2 megabytes. You 
might be able to get it down to 1.5 megabytes, but the quality might 
degrade a bit.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn