I'm trying to give web visitors a simple, "all in one" method to download a video to their mobile device so the video can be played from the viewer's mobile device.
I envision a single button/link that would download the video from the web to the viewer's desktop or mobile device. A single button may not be viable, as I understand there are multiple encoded formats for mobile devices.
How many encoded formats are there to cover mobile phones, for example?
I know that Apple uses m4v. Is there only one other encoding format that would cover most mobile phones? So, perhaps I could get away with offering two options -- Apple (iPod and iPHone) and all other mobile devices?
Here is how Apple offers a video download to iPod/iPhone for a product demo of its new MacBook:
http://www.apple.com/macbook/the-new-macbook/
The encoded version is wrapped in a zipit file, so that when you click the link, it downloads the file straight to your desktop, and then I suppose the viewer must manually move it from the desktop to the iTunes storage folder.
Thanks
