Hallo > I have to capture and encode a few (like 5) minutes of video and distribute it > to fairly clueless consumers. Most consumers would be running flavours of > Windows, maybe a few with Mac or *NIX desktops. Distribution will be via CD, > possibly LAN in some cases. The video will not contain any fast movement and > will be played on the user's computers. Transfer anywhere else is not > required. > > I wondered which of the formats the MJPEG tools support would be best for > this? I thought MPG1, which I figured a standard desktop of just about any > flavour could play. Would that be right? Are there other formats which MJPEG > tools can produce which an out-of-box Windows or Mac desktop can play? MPEG1 can be played back by the MS Media Player. But you should not use to fancy options. There are reports that the Media Player does not support ever possible option well.
But now most systems have something that can play back a DVD (MPEG2), including MAC OS/X (at least my 10.3.3). Except the the M$ based systems does not have by default. auf hoffentlich bald, Berni the Chaos of Woodquarter Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gz/bernhard ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
