Friends with PCs cannot view iMovie on my Mac webpage

Question

After announcing my iMovie posted on my webpage to my family, they cannot view. Most have PCs and say they cannot download Quicktime 7.0 with iTunes. What can I do to enable them to view?
Should I remake my iMovie with earlier Apple software in a way that they can view?

Answer 1

Ronbea,
I do this all the time at work, using iMovie to post
2 minute demo reels of various artists on a server so
people with PCs can watch the movies. Here is what I
do (a variation of what Karsten suggested):
When in iMovie, and you have your movie project saved
in the lower time-line, go to File>Share. A new
window will open. In the "Compress movie for:"
selection, choose "Expert" settings. Click the blue
"Share" button. Another window will open called "Save
exported movie as". Click on the "Options" button.
Another window will open. Click on "Settings". This
is where you can choose the correct setting so PC
users can see your movie. In the top pull-down
selector, choose "Sorenson 3". When in this same
window, you may want to change the "Compressor
Quality" to Medium or Low, as this will save a ton of
space. Click OK, and this will bring you to the
previous window. Now, click on "Size" and choose
"Custom Size" and type in Width: 320, Height: 240.
Click "OK". Click "OK" again, then you will be back
to the window that enables you to "Save" your movie
and name it what you want (keep the .mov extension as
this is what Quicktime movies need), and to save it
where you want. Try this. Once you do this once, it
will be easy the next time. When you get familiar
with these choices, there are others within the
windows that allow you to change settings for
"Streaming Video" and for a variety of broadband
settings. But start by simply choosing what I
suggest here. I have never had a problem with a PC
not being able to see these movies. Worst case, your
"PC friends" can download a version of QT without
iTunes (something like QT6) that will allow them to
view anything up to the latest QT7 formats. The H264
is a version of MPEG4 from QT7 and is great, but you
must have the latest version of QT to view these
movies.
Hi Daniel, and Karsten,
Thanks for quick reply and thoughts,
I tried what Daniel suggested but and couldnèt find the Compress Movie for: window after clicking on File Share. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I am using iMovie HD.
When I click on File Share, the window shows options menu for me to go to email, webpage, videocamera, iDVD, QT, Bluetooth.
Ron