Video formats

[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck A242369)]

I've been using mplayer for linux with great success....

"Derek D. Martin" wrote:
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> At some point hitherto, David Kramer hath spake thusly:
> > I want to try to put this week's meeting on the website.  What formats
> > would people prefer?  I can do QuickTime, RealMedia or RealG2, in
> > progressive, streaming, or download.
> 
> Since this is a Linux/Unix group, and QuickTime is not available for
> Linux, I'd suggest you stay away from that.  MPEG is, I think, by far
> the easiest video format for Linux and Unix users to view...  There's
> a realplayer for Linux but it can be kinda hard to find; many don't
> bother.
> 
> There are a wide variety of programs for playing MPEG video on Unix
> systems, and there are a few for playing some .avi formats (like
> DivX).  Xanim and xmms can both play some QuickTime files (with
> appropriate plugins or codecs), but not "Sorenson" codec files, which
> are what most .mov files are these days...
> 
> My preference would be for mpeg, with RealMedia a fairly close second.
> As with all data formats, if it's not viewable/usable on Linux, it's
> of no use to me...
> 
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> Derek Martin               ddm at pizzashack.org    
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