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I'm about to encode several videos that will physically distributed to clients running either Windows XP (and upwards) or OS X.
Is there a compressed format that would be playable on both platforms directly without the need to install any codecs. Is this possible or would I need to use WMVs to get any compression on Windows?
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I believe h264 (mp4) would work on both, just can't guarantee, that WinXP won't need external codecs, you should check it out.
Edit: I was misleaded by the hype of html5. Windows Media Player 9, which comes with WinXP doesn't support playing mp4 without any external software/updates.
Edit 2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245608 - File Formats Supported by Windows Media Player Versions 6.0 and Later
Vilius
Posted 2011-05-13T10:51:48.243
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1Just to elaborate a little, the file will need to be opened in the filesystem, it won't be played through a browser. – None – 2011-05-13T10:53:23.563