Video: Calling all Browsers
Greetings:
I'm doing some work on my site, and want my video clip to be non-ie friendly. I did some google- and yahoo-ing on this subject and came to the conclusion that if I include .wmv and .mov (Windows Media Player and Quicktime) that I will reach most users.
Have a come to a correct conclusion? I appreciate your input.
Best,
Jon Shannon
Sierra Nomad Photography
Yosemite Hiking Guide DVD & Trail Maps
Megan posted this at 18:54 — 29th June 2006.
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By non-ie friendly you mean cross-browser compatible, right? When I first read that I thought you meant not IE friendly!
WMV is a windows-only format so that's not too cross-platform friendly. I think the Linux people find that real player works well for them (?). YouTube videos are done using Flash, which is good because it's really widely available. I find that they work really well on Opera/Win. The problem is that there are some problems with Linux because the latest version of the player isn't available on Linux.
So, it can't hurt to provide a few different formats.
Megan
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Sierra Nomad posted this at 19:10 — 29th June 2006.
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Jon Shannon
Sierra Nomad Photography
Yosemite Hiking Guide DVD & Trail Maps
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