[MEncoder-users] mencoder starter needs help

[Andy Civil]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Uh, MPEG-2 (unless actually on a DVD) is actually one of the formats
> that very, very few people will be able to play.

Apparently you're right, which I find astounding - why should it matter if it's 
"actually on a DVD" or not? Is the stream decoded in the DVD drive or the 
graphics card???

> As someone else has said, really generally playable needs MPEG-1 in MPEG
> container.

Indeed.

And as someone else suggested, the quality/download-hassle balance may be 
turning in favour of flash at this point. The only thing is, I'm not sure how 
many people could actually play a standalone flash movie file, as opposed to 
something embedded in a web page.

-- 
Andy