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

[James Hastings-Trew]

On 12-01-09 2:06 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> 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.
Not Mac. Most current versions of Mac OS and Quicktime are missing the 
mpeg codec entirely. The user would have had to install the deprecated 
version of Quicktime 7 from the OS install disc.

>
> What about insertion of a short title and cropping?
>
> Wolfgang
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