Re: Video Format?

On 29/07/2010, at 9:44 AM, Sharp, Roger wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Thanks for your infodesign response. For some reason, I haven=92t  =

> gotten a caf=E9 e-mail for some time.
>
> Here are my best answers to your Qs:
> <Streaming? Or just download and view? > I don=92t know.  Which one is  =

> YouTube?

Youtube is streamed and uses flv, SD and HD.

> Hosting our own server: DS3 45 MB pipe
> SD video Lowest quality (of the 3 setting on the Handycam)
> I=92ve gotten MP4 to work, but w/o playback controls. I imagine it  =

> will require embedding JavaScript into the HTML page.

Yes. Or some other scripted language, e.g. php. Depends on what is  =

convenient and the skill sets available. Also depends on how your  =

videos are stored on the server and the database you are using. It  =

also depends on the size of the pipe the recipients will be using and  =

is the reason so many have moved to flv. Of course whatever you use  =

will need to be tested on a the usual range of browsers and platforms,  =

and mobile devices.

> AVI and WMV work great.

As download and play later that is true, but not as streamed.

> I can=92t get the MPG to work. (output from Sony Handycam)

Not surprising since Sony use a proprietary storage format. You need  =

to export the movie from the Handycam to play on PC. Read the Handycam  =

manual for how to do this.

Cheers
Alan
>

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Alan T Litchfield
AlphaByte
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New Zealand
http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
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