Trying to follow the above advice I've been encoding stuff to h264 (with ipod compatibility on so I can offer the same file for ipod and web viewing) using adobe adobe media encoder from PPro CS3. Files like this:
http://realtime.rhsmith.umd.edu/media/podcasts/campaign/grx-speech-pres-mot...
Now I'm getting feedback that some mac users can't play the mp4 files adobe media encoder produces, getting a string of garbage text on their screen. It's as if their computer never heard of mp4 file type even though in one case I've been told a user with this problem installed the latest QT player.
I see that QT player has the option to recognize mp4 media or not. But why would any mac user turn this off?
What should I do? Rename the file to .mov? That has the disadvantage that it breaks a few links out there...
Can I make an h264 .mp4 with adobe media encoder that will behave on all reasonably modern macs?
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