I have an international video site and I use Flash. I have had no problems with compatibility. The issue, I feel, is bitrate. I keep my videos at 512 kbs. The only people who have problems with this are rural visitors on dial-up and they are becoming fewer and fewer. 512 kbs will keep you in range of DSL.
You can see for yourself how the videos, at full 30fps, appear at
http://hestakaup.com. The shorter videos are .swf files and the longer ones are .flv.
Stan Hirson
Stan Hirson
http://hestakaup.com