Quicktime or Flip4Mac or both?

I want to convert Mac QT .mov file to a format that can be viewed on a Windows PC. Which format is easier to work with and yeilds good to excellent viewing results on the Windows side. Also, do I need Quicktime Pro, Flip4Mac or both...or can I just use the Export .avi and/or WMV option in iMovie? Sorry, but as you can see, I'm confused. I plan to burn the final file format to a CD for Windows user to view.
THANKS!!!

Sooo, please correct me if I'm wrong. It seems from what you said, that the easiest way for me to send a Mac QT .mov file to be viewed by a Windows user via Windows Media Player (or even PowerPoint) is to use Flip4Mac Studio to convert my QT .mov to a .wmv file?
Not quite. What I'm saying is, if I send a single file to everyone in my family, the .wmv file is the only one everyone can play. I personally prefer the H.264 codec, but it is too restrictive in terms of both player and platform requirements for everyone in my family. On the other hand, the .avi file container is simply too old and has too many possible codec configurations to satisfy everyone at any given time. If all your viewers have QT 6 or 7 Players, then you can probably use the MPEG-4/AAC format to provide viewable files of reasonable size and quality directly from iMovie -- especially if they are to be delivered by server directly to their players via either the "Open URL" or as reference .qtl files which are easily e-mailed.
So just forget QTPro, iMovie, etc..?
QT Pro is the simplest work flow since it can open many different QT compatible A/V formats. On the other hand, there is no need to purchase QT Pro if you already have access to QT tools/components from within iMovie. (The .wmp codec is accessable from within iMovie.) The only major drawback here is having to import/convert files for use with iMovie. If you are using a DV file source, then this isn't really a problem. If, however, you are using other file formats as your source (e.g., "muxed" MPEG), then you must first convert these formats to DV files for use in iMovie which requires the QT MPEG-2 component and/or a third party MPEG based application.

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