What is the best way for you guys to view videos on Mac computers? I still have members that have problems viewing videos and I can't remember how they have to do it.

Thanks,
Mark

Mark,

I have no problems viewing MOV, RM, DIVX or MPEG files with my Macs, but AVI and WMV are a problem sometimes. Depending on the compressor the file's creator used, they may not be usable if there's no Mac decompressor available. Some play fine for me; others won't. And there's no way of knowing until you try to play it.

for AVI and WMV files, you just need to have the newest version of Qucktime and Windows Media player installed.

Mac users prefer .mov files, but that means buying a Quicktime server for streaming.

What are you trying to do?

Creating Streaming Movies

Streaming movies come in two forms: server movies and client
movies.

You create a server movie that can be streamed over RTP by
adding hint tracks. Hint tracks tell the server how to packetize the movie. You
add hint tracks by exporting a movie to a hinted movie using QuickTime's
standard movie export mechanism.

You create a client movie that includes streaming content by
adding one or more streaming tracks. A streaming track tells the client where to
get the streaming media. In its simplest form, a client movie consists of just a
streaming track containing the URL of a movie on a server. A client movie can
contain multiple streaming tracks.

A client movie can contain non-streaming tracks with local
media content as well as streaming tracks. Streaming tracks can be composited
with local tracks. For example, a streaming track could be used as the source
for an effect track that is local to the client movie.

Server Movies

Client Movies

Compositing Streaming and Non-Streaming Tracks