Posted by Jan Panteltje on 11/29/06 13:00

On a sunny day (Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:43:05 -0500) it happened Jefferis NoSpamme
<jefferisp7@hotmail.com> wrote in <C192EA89.4B18A%jefferisp7@hotmail.com>:

>On 11/29/06 5:29 AM, in article ekjnf2$hjh$1@news.datemas.de, "Jan
>Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On a sunny day (Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:40:47 -0500) it happened Jefferis NoSpamme
>> <jefferisp7@hotmail.com> wrote in <C192413F.4B063%jefferisp7@hotmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi Folks, Got a major question here, if anyone can help, it would be
>>> appreciated:
>>>
>>> Someone called today and wants to convert 20 hours of miniDV footage for the
>>> web each month,
>>
>> Why not use .wmv?
>> 'One hour' depends on the size, less then 500kB for full screen (CD size).
>> wmv plays on most all computer now I think.
>> Just make it a download link.
>>
>>
>
>Windows has stopped making WMV for the Mac and is no longer available,
>except with third party additions.

OK I did not know that, well if all else fails you can use DivX (4?),
as most new DVD players can play it too, so people can burn it to disk.
Yes you may need to install a driver perhaps if you use Mac or MS software.
But that format has become very common, has good quality too.
Same compression factor.
Is there a universal format? I dunno, never will be I think.
The scene changes completely every 4 years now.
I would stay clear of things like 'flash' or whatever that usually present
a user with a 'download latest version' button, then you do that and things
crash.

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