playing video on PCs

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

Hi Sims,

You can use mpg or avi on pcs no problem. 

As far as codecs go, if you can bare bloat, use indeo or any xp-included
codec. But Divx or xvid is by far much smaller if not just as good quality 
wise
and generally the one most in use 

xvid or divx codecs can be downloaded for free btw. 

There's also a free quicktime player but dont remember it's web site. As 
soon as i 
find it or the other player i wanted to mention, i'll send it...

cheers
Xavier

On 19.04.2005 13:04:52 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>I need to play video on both OS X and Windows machines which will
>for the most part be business computers - corporate office machines.
>
>The Mac part I can figure out and will be able to use QuickTime.
>
>Some PC machines will not have QuickTime installed and will not want
>to install QT. I need some advice on what format/codec to use for
>these non-QT machines.
>
>In the list archives I found this:
>
>>Having said that, I suggest you save video in the best format/codec for
>>each platform, and select the files on the fly according to the platform
>>its running on.  For example, QT with Sorenson for MacOS, and .mpg with
>>Indeo for WinOS.  I say Indeo as it's the only codec you can rely on 
being
>>loaded on a WinOS machine.
>
>Can anyone else give me some advise on:
>
>1. what format/codec would be found on most PC machines - in other words
>what is the safest way to go, would it be .mpg with Indeo as suggested 
above
>
>2. what codec/format would provide the best viewing experience on PCs
>which do not have QT - in other words what provides the best which can
>be used via a Rev application
>
>TIA
>sims
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