Important Question: When buying clips - would you prefer WMV or MPEG?

**who** · 01-26-2006, 07:55 AM

I think you ought to go for WMV, but this aint a buyer's perspective.

**MaDalton** · 01-26-2006, 08:36 AM

Originally posted by who

I think you ought to go for WMV, but this aint a buyer's perspective.

i looked at my shop stats and the percentage of Mac users is below 2% - that's not that much, i think

**Ross** · 01-26-2006, 08:48 AM

Personally? Both would be good.

**abadfish** · 01-26-2006, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

i looked at my shop stats and the percentage of Mac users is below 2% - that's not that much, i think

I heard recently that Microsoft was going to stop making the WMV player for Mac, but would license out the technology so that Apple's Quicktime would be able to play the files... they admitted that their software was so shitty that it barely worked.

**MaDalton** · 01-26-2006, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by abadfish

I heard recently that Microsoft was going to stop making the WMV player for Mac, but would license out the technology so that Apple's Quicktime would be able to play the files... they admitted that their software was so shitty that it barely worked.

that would be probably the best - WMV itself is still the best compression technology (at least amongst those that are available for everyone)

**seeric** · 01-26-2006, 09:14 AM

as a content buyer and if i had to make a choice i'd get the mpg that way i always have the option of making wmvs out of it later.

**CaptainHowdy** · 01-26-2006, 09:15 AM

WMV´s SOMEONE PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SURFERS!!

**Expo_Vids** · 01-26-2006, 10:19 AM

mpeg SUCKS

Fuck anyone who can't watch WMVs. If they want to stay in 1995 then let them rot there.

**abadfish** · 01-26-2006, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

that would be probably the best - WMV itself is still the best compression technology (at least amongst those that are available for everyone)

It must be just because I use a Mac because for me it is horrible.

**Swippy** · 01-26-2006, 11:24 AM

Neither. I prefer quicktime as it's easy to export videos to ipod format.

**u-Bob** · 01-26-2006, 11:27 AM

as a content buyer you'd want the best possible quality: mpeg.

**u-Bob** · 01-26-2006, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by CaptainHowdy

WMV´s SOMEONE PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SURFERS!!

Why? He's not talking about the format surfers prefer, he's asking what's best for webmasters.
Webmasters will split/watermark/re-encode/... the vids so MPEG is a much better choice for them.

**MaDalton** · 01-26-2006, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by u-Bob

Why? He's not talking about the format surfers prefer, he's asking what's best for webmasters.
Webmasters will split/watermark/re-encode/... the vids so MPEG is a much better choice for them.

thanks for clarifying

Important Question: When buying clips - would you prefer WMV or MPEG?

Important Question: When buying clips - would you prefer WMV or MPEG?

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