Portfolio video format

TomDunne

I've been wondering lately what others would consider to be the best format for distributing animation content hosted through an online portfolio - my work isn't really gaming specific, but a digital portfolio is pretty much a digital portfolio regardless of content. Specifically, I'm stuck in deciding relative to Quicktime or Windows. I really prefer Quicktime in general, but I'm not a primary Mac user and I expect neither are the vast majority of people who would view my portfolio. .avi's ought to be playable almost everywhere, but I've never cared as much for the quality or application control available with the Windows options. Alternatively, I could host all of my video stuff in both formats, but then I'm devoting a lot of my webspace to redundant material - I also use my host for archival purposes and while space isn't a problem yet, I'd rather not tie it up with variant formats of the same media.

So... what options would you guys want or expect from an online site, particularly those of you who are in position to review portfolios and are involved in the hiring process? I really can't imagine working for any company that isn't savvy enough to have Quicktime installed on all their machines, so am I okay by just going with videos in .mov format?

motives

what about you make your portfolio available as both AVI and MOV?

Rick Stirling

Why can't he do both?

"Alternatively, I could host all of my video stuff in both formats, but then I'm devoting a lot of my webspace to redundant material - I also use my host for archival purposes and while space isn't a problem yet, I'd rather not tie it up with variant formats of the same media."



Anyway I'd probably go for .mov.

Slayerjerman

Save them all as *.rm j/k

I vote AVI - BUT use a common compression that all windows machines have...Not everyone has DiVx.

cholden

wmv and mov, just like every movie trailer. If you want more, great, but having those two pretty much guarantees everyone will be able to watch.

Ryno

It's not so much Quicktime or Avi, as it is which CODECs should you use for these. There are hundreds available, many of which will require the viewer to download/instal them.

Personally, I like Windows Media for the great quality, reasonable size, and accesibility.

pyromania

What about just pure MPEG. Every windows PC has the MPEG codec built in. It will play in WM, quicktime, or any other video player. For Mac's they can play it in quicktime so they are covered.

Sage

I'm with pyro on this mpeg gives very nice quality for a small size. That's my experience with it anyway.

Alex