More about audio-video

[Pierre Sahores]

Just follow Bob on this : about audio, don't search any best way than mp3. Will works as expected against any end-user target. I'm not so sure as Bob is about mp2 indeed : lowest compression than mp4 and its useful H264 declinaison.

Le 18 janv. 2013 à 03:52, Robert Sneidar a écrit :

> Lowest common denominator then. For audio, use mp3. For video, mpeg2. Just about every modern os supports those 2 out of the box. 
> 
> Bob Sneidar
> IT Manager
> Calvary Chapel CM
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> On Jan 17, 2013, at 18:38, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for all the responses. The audio/video files will be prepared by my client and served over the internet to customers. We have control over the format, the names, whatever is needed.
>> 
>> The catch is that the people who will be viewing the media can be on any computer, often one they don't own (i.e., student labs, coffeeshops, their neighbors, etc.) and we can't require any software installation. The app itself will almost always be on a thumb drive.
>> 
>> No software installs means the media can't require QT, any special codecs, etc. Whatever is the lowest common denominator is what we have to use. For Macs I can depend on QT but for Windows users I can't.
>> 
>> If the decompressor or codec can be shipped with the app then that may be something we could do. But I always thought codecs were installed into the OS, and we can't do that.
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure my client, who is an audiophile, wouldn't be happy with MPEG-1. So I'm open to suggestions.
>> 
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