Do others need quicktime to play my movies?

Hi
I have made my first video at home using my isight camera, emailed it to a friend but he couldnt watch it unless he had Quicktime.
Is this normal?
Cant he use windows media player? or some kind of equivelant?
The video was done on a mac.
Thanks for any help.
Rob

QuickTime formats require QuickTime be installed.
Real Player can also view most QuickTime formats as can VLC.

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