AthenAltena wrote:I try to do that as much as I can. My father refers to it as "Idiot proofing" but that's beside the point. Although I would like some of my friends (even some of my adult ones) to be able to see it. Unfortunately some of them freeze up as soon as they have to do anything besides click to open, but I try to keep a backup version for those folks.
I know what you mean. I am experimenting with "lowest common denominator" formats (really meant more for those with old computers), and have been using the MPEG-1 format. (I got this idea from some Final Cut Pro forums.) The MPEG-1 file does not look very good, but it will play on
anything, just about. I make it clear that it's a "last resort" format; not meant to be very good, and simply provided as an alternative to nothing.
I suppose I
could make a WMV file, but my web stats have told me that when I do that, many will jump on the WMV and won't try to get the H.264 or XviD files to play, even though their quality is much,
much better. (And converting over to WMV is a hassle on my Mac, and not without expense.) So making a WMV pretty much guarantees that most people won't bestir themselves to see the other files. They'll go for a low-res, crummy quality WMV over a high-res, sharp quality H.264,
almost every time. So, no WMVs for me. If I go that route, I might as well forget about making any other file format, or struggling to try to get sharp, high-res picture. Most will not see it.
I hope I'm making sense there. Anyway, I favor H.264 MP4 files, but also like XviD as well. I'm using H.264 and will continue to do so.