mojojojo — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 06:20:30 +0000

Quicktime.

You are doing this professionaly, and most people you are targeting will have it installed.

WMP would be my far second choice. It works well (esp. v9) and is widely available, but quality needs work.

Real. Real is spamwear, it used to be spywear ...wonder if it still is. Never trust them.

A tip. Where you say 'you need to have the quicktime player installed' on the previous page, include a link and a small comment such as, 'it's free and won't take long' to persuade visitors to install it.

DaveyBoy — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:55:58 +0000

RealOne player is actually very good, definitely better than WMP for streaming purposes. The old Real Player wasn't up to par, but of course that is what most people are going to have.

I notice on most sites that they have an option for high/low bandwidth and also which player to use - real or media player.

I agree with megan, offering people a choice is a good idea.

Suzanne — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:58:59 +0000

I really really really don't like WMP -- I didn't on a pc, I don't on a mac. It's marginally better than Real Player, peh. ads and control and blech!*

Also, WMP installation crashed my iBook and HARD, corrupting a few things along the way.

And even with all that, lol, it's better than Real Player!

Jimmy Changa — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:47:02 +0000

I prefer windows media player...justr 'cause I dont want to DL yet another program. *shrugs*

Suzanne — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:08:39 +0000

Quicktime players will play avi and mpeg? http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/specifications.html

Megan — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:07:53 +0000

Why not offer more than one option?