[thelist] Linking to a movie - best practice?

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:51 +0600, Markus Staas wrote:
> If it is not absolutely necessary I would just link to it using text links,
> thus enabling the user to decide to either download it to the desktop (by
> using the "save link as..." feature) or just click on it to view it while it
> is streaming.
> 
> It is common practice to offer the Windows Media Format and Quicktime for
> the user to choose what to view.

Neither of these formats are viewable on free operating systems running
exclusively free software. I would recommend at least one of MPEG-1 or
Ogg Theora as a third alternative.

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Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>