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ProG · 04-01-2010, 09:13 PM

I was not just being an asshole, I just find it hard to believe that you currently only offer Quicktime (and have stayed in business this long...)

FLV is meant to be streamed not downloaded. There are plenty of stand-alone FLV players but they are not bundled with Windows, so the average surfer doesn't know how to play them. However, FLV is getting more popular because surfers are downloading them from streaming sites (tubes).

If you want to offer an alternate downloadable format it should be WMV. If you want to be current in the game, you should stream in FLV and offer WMV/MOV as downloads. Also at this point offering H.264 is not beneficial, you are better off with iPod/iPhone compatible formats for QT.

04-01-2010, 09:13 PM
ProG Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,319	I was not just being an asshole, I just find it hard to believe that you currently only offer Quicktime (and have stayed in business this long...) FLV is meant to be streamed not downloaded. There are plenty of stand-alone FLV players but they are not bundled with Windows, so the average surfer doesn't know how to play them. However, FLV is getting more popular because surfers are downloading them from streaming sites (tubes). If you want to offer an alternate downloadable format it should be WMV. If you want to be current in the game, you should stream in FLV and offer WMV/MOV as downloads. Also at this point offering H.264 is not beneficial, you are better off with iPod/iPhone compatible formats for QT. __________________ History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.