It depends on what you are running and how many people will access the site.
I like Real because you can instantly jump to another point in the video.
Media player has to buffer after you jump. Then come price. Both formats
have free encoders but Windows has a free streaming server software. I
recommend getting this if you are going to have many people viewing the
videos.
Finally, since this a tutorial, you want to have captions. This makes it
easier for the viewer to know what is being said it the sound is low. Both
players have caption formats, SAMI and SMIL for Media player and Real Player
respectively. To create these formats you could use Magpie, free, to time
the captions and save in the proper format. You can get more info from
Microsoft and Real about using these formats.
There's also Quicktime, if you have a Mac, picture and sound are excellent.
Real also has a great picture but the sound is okay and ASF has a good
picture with good sound. Take a look at these three formats. They're all
about the same in quality and compression size.
Hope that helps a bit.
Richard Ramos
Network Administrator
Softitler Net, Inc.
www.softitler.com
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From: "David Shadovitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:26 PM
Subject: OT: Video format
> A friend of mine runs a company which provides tutorial services. He
> wants me to put videos of his lessons on-line, available for a fee.
>
> Any recommendations on the video format? Even better, what are the
> trade-offs between the various options?
>
> Thanks.
> -David
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