Would it be a pain to replace it with a transcoded version in some other format instead, if one exists that is more universal now? (Is there such a thing now?)
Say no if too much pain. It’s just a suggestion to allow greater ease of use for some site visitors, that’s all.
It is of course Apple who has created a problem, by inadequate support. They should have just rung up Microsoft, their friends, and then should have got the relevant source code and ported it.
I had no problem playing it, I just converted it to mp4. So problem solved here.
Thinking not about me, myself, having to research apps and download and install apps on each of your iOS devices just to be able to follow one link (to start with) on a website, we all get the picture.