What are the pixel dimensions of your video clips? Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/312-3883
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Renne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> OT:Flash and Mpeg in Director we were keeping all our options open as far as the playback, but this CD is tending to be media heavy, and we are limited to about 180MB on a 3" CD - mpegs seemed to be the only high quality, low file size solution for our video sequences. Sorenson compression didn't compare in quality, and I prefer the animation codec in Quicktime, but file size way too high. What window sizes (for vid) and compression codecs do you find yourself using the most? I ask about window size, because we are using odd size windows (longer boxes ala cinematic look, and more squarish boxes), and we tend to get strange "artifacts" - additional vertical grey lines appearing on the right side of our video (drives me crazy!) Ron Woodland wrote: > > You should consider using QuickTime as the playback architecture for > your video. I never rely on the Windows solution...it's failed me too > many times in the past. > > In the stub projector, you can check for quicktimeVersion() < 5.02, then > ask if user wants to install when QuickTime is not present...or is an > earlier version. A stand-alone installer can be on your CD, and the > stub projector can launch it for an (almost) seamless upgrade. The > Wintel box doesn't even have to restart to use QuickTime. The user will > have to manually re-launch or re-insert the CD-ROM for autorun. > > I know that PC-centric developers usually see the use of QuickTime as an > unnecessary bother, but in my fairly extensive experience developing > hybrid CD-ROMs (runs on both platforms), I have seen many problems in > the WMF/AVI architecture. Microsoft has really screwed it up. > QuickTime is the most reliable, consistent, and stable solution. It's > so much better that it is worth the effort to use it. It's also free. > > Tanya Renne wrote: > > > we are embedding flash and mpeg in director. Using Flash for basic > > interactivity and > > graphical animations, mpeg for more involved video. We are getting iffy and > > inconsistent playback of the mpegs on different machines (skipping frames, > > black frames at the start of the video, sometimes hanging, etc.etc.) > > Deliverable is cd business card, targeted for playback on > > laptops/desktops - > > Win 2000 (win 98 would be nice too) 1024x 768 and 800x 600, 400-700 MHz > > median machine, 96 + ram. Using Direct Media xtra for mpeg playback. We need > > smooth reliable playback of video media - whatever the exact solution for > > that may be. > > > > Wisdom? > > > > Regards > > --Tanya > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] -- Regards --Tanya -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rennedevelopment.com *home of the DotOrgAdvisor* Internet Strategy and Services for Associations & Non-Profit Organizations **our testimonials say it all** 1309 Emerson St. NW Washington, DC 20011 202.545.0219 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
