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Post by Eric S »

This is the second time I've tried to download and view Alex clip "wow.avi". I've yet to see it.

What media player/codec's will work for this vid?

I suggest all the producers agree on a common cross platform standard for final outupt.

Any thoughts?
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Post by Tighe »

sorry eric, no idea what it was made with. Works fine on my mac, which surprised me since it is an .avi file. Quicktime launches in Explorer for me.

Keep trying it is a sweet one.

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Post by Eric S »

I'll bet it is.

quick show of hands...

Has anyone with windows seen this clip?


I'll start the counting now. and it starts with zero.
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Rich v
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I was able to see it

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I had to download it, then open it in Quicktime.

OS: Windows 2000
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Post by Kirk D. »

Worked fine for me, although I first download it and then view it, rather than view/download at same time. Win2000 SP3, viewed with Windows Media Player 7.x
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Post by Eric S »

Hey, thanks for the tip. I can view it in Quicktime. Hmph. an avi in quick time, go figure. It don't work in WMP.

nice jump!
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Post by Kirk D. »

WMP works on my machine, what version are you using?
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Post by Tighe »

since you brought it up Eric, what would you suggest as the preferred format? I can put a note on the Movies page. Whatever is the most compatable and has the best compression.
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Post by Eric S »

I would suggest .mpg format as the most cross compatable.

I'm using windows media player 7 as well kirk, must be my machine.

The whole AV thing is still in a state of flux. Codecs get better and better. I guess I should just be greatfull that folks are trying to produce somthing rather than bitching!

Thanks!
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Post by Tighe »

what is the advantage of mpg over Quicktime? I obviously would rather use Quicktime because it is made by the best computer company in the world (versus satan himself behind an amazing marketing department). I will suggest mpg if there are significant differences.
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Post by Eric S »

It's a standard. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MPEG.html

It theory, we should use standards (like HTML) on the internet so we can "talk" to eachther. In practice, most of the cool stuff starts from propritary ideas that might make it into the standard.

I, like you, don't want to be forced to use a particular propritary piece of hardware or software to "get the job done". That's kind of a eutopia but I belive we should work in that direction.

...just my opinions
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Post by Tighe »

ok in fear of sounding real dumb....is mpeg the same as mpg? like Jpeg and jpg?

Sounds like a good standard. Not to discourage people I think we should keep it in the form of a preference for video submissions.
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Post by Eric S »

yes mgp = mpeg

I was thinking alittle more and I thought that folks should just post. we need more of that rather than worrying about formats.

Make Some Vids!!! Go NutZ
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More info tham you would ever want

Post by Paul F »

Eric S wrote:I'll bet it is.

quick show of hands...

Has anyone with windows seen this clip?


I'll start the counting now. and it starts with zero.
It runs on my win98 windows media player 7.01. It's really a good video. Too bad you can't see it. :cry:

GSpot says it is a MJPG movie running under a microsoft directshow filter, not a codec. I'm not sure how I got directshow. I think I installed microsoft directx for my TV tuner video card.

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

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DSH	FriendlyName	MJPEG Decompressor
DSH	AssociatedFilename	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QUARTZ.DLL
DSH	DirectShow CLSID	CLSID_MjpegDec {301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37}
FIL	FileDescription	DirectShow Runtime.
FIL	CompanyName	Microsoft Corporation
FIL	FileVersion	6.03.01.0881
FIL	InternalName	Quartz.dll
FIL	LegalCopyright	Copyright (C) 1992-2001 Microsoft Corp.
FIL	OriginalFileName	Quartz.dll
FIL	ProductName	DirectShow
FIL	ProductVersion	6.03.01.0881
GRF	Name	MJPEG Decompressor
GRF	DirectShow CLSID	CLSID_MjpegDec {301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37}
GRF	Input pin name	XForm In
GRF	Input Media Type (major)	MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Input Media Type (subtype)	MEDIASUBTYPE_MJPG {47504A4D-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Output1 pin name	XForm Out
GRF	Output1 Media Type (major)	MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Output1 Media Type (subtype)	MEDIASUBTYPE_RGB565 {E436EB7B-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
REG	Additional Media Type 01	MEDIASUBTYPE_MJPG {47504A4D-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
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Re: More info tham you would ever want

Post by Eric S »

That's it. I was messing with my DirectX a few days ago. Thanks paul.
Paul F wrote:
Eric S wrote:I'll bet it is.

quick show of hands...

Has anyone with windows seen this clip?


I'll start the counting now. and it starts with zero.
It runs on my win98 windows media player 7.01. It's really a good video. Too bad you can't see it. :cry:

GSpot says it is a MJPG movie running under a microsoft directshow filter, not a codec. I'm not sure how I got directshow. I think I installed microsoft directx for my TV tuner video card.

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Code: Select all

DSH	FriendlyName	MJPEG Decompressor
DSH	AssociatedFilename	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QUARTZ.DLL
DSH	DirectShow CLSID	CLSID_MjpegDec {301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37}
FIL	FileDescription	DirectShow Runtime.
FIL	CompanyName	Microsoft Corporation
FIL	FileVersion	6.03.01.0881
FIL	InternalName	Quartz.dll
FIL	LegalCopyright	Copyright (C) 1992-2001 Microsoft Corp.
FIL	OriginalFileName	Quartz.dll
FIL	ProductName	DirectShow
FIL	ProductVersion	6.03.01.0881
GRF	Name	MJPEG Decompressor
GRF	DirectShow CLSID	CLSID_MjpegDec {301056D0-6DFF-11D2-9EEB-006008039E37}
GRF	Input pin name	XForm In
GRF	Input Media Type (major)	MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Input Media Type (subtype)	MEDIASUBTYPE_MJPG {47504A4D-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Output1 pin name	XForm Out
GRF	Output1 Media Type (major)	MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
GRF	Output1 Media Type (subtype)	MEDIASUBTYPE_RGB565 {E436EB7B-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
REG	Additional Media Type 01	MEDIASUBTYPE_MJPG {47504A4D-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
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