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Hi there,

I am compressing a promo movie for people to download from my website and I would like it to be available for both mac and PC users.

How common do you think it is for mac users to be able to view a windows media player .wmv file and how long do you think it would take to download 3MB with a broadband connection?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Emmy
 
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Tricky:
Some wmv files work fine, others that use the latest wmv codec/format won't play at all.
Personally I try to avoid wmv files...
 
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just use quicktime - both pc's and macs can manage that.

often works better as well
 
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^ agreed just use quicktime, works on both
 
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WMV sucks on OSX...Go ahead with Quicktime, it's compatible with mac and windows. A 3mb file on a broadband connection should load quite quickly.
 
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yea another vote for using QT or worst case do it with real player. While not the best the client for the mac actually works not like WMP
 

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