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 Sent from iPhone On Jan 17, 2013, at 18:38, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@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. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
