Wow - this is an even more complex issue than I thought. I was actually hoping for an answer like "Skitchy, this has been discussed about a thousand times and you should definitely use [codec x] because every PC and Mac has to have it or the user is burned at the stake"
Anyway, it seems like mpeg1 is the current favourite??? I appreciate that I could point users to the relevant codecs, but TBH this is going to alienate a LOT of people. Us techies must remember that ~95% of web users probably haven't even heard the WORD 'codec' before, let alone understand or trust why they should download and run one on their machine. And I don't want to have to educate them, I just want them to watch a video ;)
Anyway, it seems like mpeg1 is the current favourite??? I appreciate that I could point users to the relevant codecs, but TBH this is going to alienate a LOT of people. Us techies must remember that ~95% of web users probably haven't even heard the WORD 'codec' before, let alone understand or trust why they should download and run one on their machine. And I don't want to have to educate them, I just want them to watch a video ;)