Hey guys which movie format is best for the web

hi friends,


i wants some suggetion from you guys that........

which movie format is the best for viewing on the web..........?

what is the normal internet speed you have at your end.......?

abhi

erm mpeg and erm cant remember but im cable

you are right but still mpeg needs some plugin with which the mpeg has been rendered.

and the end user doesn't have that codec then there is the problem occured.........

abhi

You shouldn't need an additional plugin for mpeg I don't think. I think Windows Media Player can play them.

DivX is probably the most popular for downloading movies and tv shows off of the net. It has the best quality and compression rate, because it is based on Mpeg 4 I think. I've downloaded about 75 full tv shows in the past week and a half, and 80% of them are DivX files.

http://www.divx.com/

You do have to download the DivX players and codecs to be able to play it, but it's worth it.

Another good option is Quicktime, which in my opinion has the best quality of any of them. But does not compress as well as DivX in my experience. I wouldn't use Real or one of the WMP proprietary formats, because that would limit your viewers. Not many mac users have WMP installed, and I don't even know if it's available for linux or not.

for the web ?
definately mov :D woo quicktime baby
and I'm on 1337 1.5mbps ADSL

MP4 through QuickTime....common, stable, good file sizes.

Just this weekend, I used QuickTime pro to compress a movie I output from ArtMatic Pro. Original file: 111 MB. Exported as an MP4 from QT: 1.2 MB.

Now that's some good compression!

mpeg. Since it's the easiest to handle, and basically anybody with Windows can play it.

hi Utopian23,

which codec you have used to compress the mp4 file through the quick time pro.

abhi

xvid is the best I know of, not the easiest to work with though.

for the web.... i would go with quicktime.