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jpkconsulting wrote on 6/2/2004, 6:07 AM
That is a loaded question, and one with a not so clear answer.

Basically, the answer is YES, but... If they are running a Mac OS.X, then they can install the lastest Media Player from Microsoft. If they are running an older version, they can load one of the older media players.

BUT, the problem lies in how you present the movie to the end-user. If you embed it inside a webpage, then you are asking for trouble. Most Mac's won't see the video. You will have to LINK to it, so it opens up in their own media player.

So, if you have ALOT of mac viewers, chances are moving to WMV will cause some frustration for them, and you.
Cheno wrote on 6/2/2004, 7:56 AM
jpkconsulting is right....

Lots of users still don't have OSX, either.. many editors and graphics people are still using OS9 because they feel it's more stable.

If your Mac users outweigh your Windows users, stick with Quicktime. If not, then WMV is the way to go.

mike
Jsnkc wrote on 6/2/2004, 8:57 AM
For my website I have always put a Windows Media AND a Quicktime version of all the video files just to make sure that everyone will be able to play them.
jpkconsulting wrote on 6/3/2004, 6:27 AM
How have you rendered your QT movies from Vegas?

I have found that when rendering from Vegas (4 or 5) the QT movies aren't "self-contained" and thus do not stream progressively from a web server. I need to open it up in QT PRO and RESAVE as "Self Contained" (which is a few seconds to save, it doesn't reencode). But it is an extra step.

Do you have this same problem? Do you know a solution?

Thanks,
Joe
SonyTSW wrote on 6/3/2004, 7:12 AM
We are aware of this QT problem and are looking into it now.
Jsnkc wrote on 6/3/2004, 8:27 AM
I usually use ProCoder for my quicktime encoding...mainly because of that problem.