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

MaDalton · 01-26-2006, 09:53 AM

Hi!

Have to re-encode tons of clips and have to make a decision:

should i rather use MPEG, which makes the files 3 times bigger but also compatible to Macintosh or should I use WMV, which would give me the opportunity to have larger screensize at even smaller filesizes?

thanks!

who · 01-26-2006, 09:55 AM

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

MaDalton · 01-26-2006, 10:36 AM

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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, 10:48 AM

Personally? Both would be good.

abadfish · 01-26-2006, 10:51 AM

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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, 11:12 AM

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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, 11:14 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, 11:15 AM

WMV´s SOMEONE PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SURFERS!!

Expo_Vids · 01-26-2006, 12:19 PM

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, 01:08 PM

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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, 01:24 PM

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

u-Bob · 01-26-2006, 01:27 PM

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

u-Bob · 01-26-2006, 01:29 PM

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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, 01:35 PM

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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

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01-26-2006, 09:55 AM	#2
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	I think you ought to go for WMV, but this aint a buyer's perspective.

01-26-2006, 10:48 AM	#4
Ross Ik ben een aap Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Traffic Force Towers, Canada! Posts: 18,874	Personally? Both would be good.

01-26-2006, 11:14 AM	#7
seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	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.

01-26-2006, 11:15 AM	#8
CaptainHowdy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Happy in the dark. Posts: 93,575	WMV´s SOMEONE PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SURFERS!!

01-26-2006, 01:24 PM	#11
Swippy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 26	Neither. I prefer quicktime as it's easy to export videos to ipod format.

01-26-2006, 01:27 PM	#12
u-Bob there's no $$$ in porn Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: icq: 195./568.-230 (btw: not getting offline msgs) Posts: 33,063	as a content buyer you'd want the best possible quality: mpeg.