[MEncoder-users] which movie format for different OS (windows, apple, linux ...)

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Montag, 9. Januar 2012, 08:37:43 schrieb Novák Levente:
> 2012. 01. 8, vasárnap keltezéssel 20.45-kor James Hastings-Trew ezt
> 
> írta:
> > All Windows and Mac users should be able to play .mp4 files "out of
> > the box" on their systems with no further installation of software or
> > other codecs. Linux users will likely have to install something like
> > VLC in order to view the same files.
> 
> Only if they have a recent Windows (or Mac) and a computer powerful
> enough. There are still lots of old computers and OSes, especially at
> the universities (!).
> 
> The most safe format is MPEG-1, this can be played back with even
> stone-age systems.
> 

Thanks, 

James H.-T. and  Novák Levente. I assume, recent Windows or Mac users can 
play MPEG-1, right? So I would export to this format.  

What about insertion of a short title and cropping?

Wolfgang