Web video: h.264 vs wmv9

[skunkertx]

I have several old WWII gun camera films that were transferred straight from 16mm to MiniDV. I am going to put them online so people can watch them. What do you all suggest is the best format to encode to for web viewing ? I did a comparison between WMV9 and H.264 and saw that the H.264 pixelated my video when viewed big screen or even a smaller screen size.

There is so much information out there. Can someone point me to a good starting point so I can read up on the what is the best for web video? Can streaming video equal download quality yet?

Help!

[redwudz]

IMO, WMV or MPEG-1 are probably the more universal formats for most computer platforms. H.264 or newer versions of WMV are not. If you want more people to be able to view your video, I would use the more common formats.

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