Posted by James Hutton on 04/08/07 06:21

I'm building a day by day history page, and I've managed to get hold of
several audio and video clips from the time. (I've already sought
permission from the copyright holders to host them.) Some of these are a
simple <embed> of youtube videos, however there are also several
multi-mB .mp3 files and video files currently in .mpg and .wmv formats.

I wonder what the "best" format is, and whether media should be
streamed, downloaded into a standalone player, or should I be all
dictatorial and not give the user any choice ;-) !

I realise there will be no right or wrong answer, but I'd like to please
"most of the people, most of the time."

James

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