Mpeg is good Check out the mpeg Xtra for full screen mpeg video - there's a link to it on www.mediamacros.com. Computer Arts have also just reviewed a program called Xenturi Studio One which interfaces with Director for full-screen 25fps Mpeg play from CD-ROM on a P1 166 (about 1 hour of video on a standard CD). www.computerarts.co.uk the review is on the front page.
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Fiskeaux II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> OT:Flash and Mpeg in Director > Along with it's stability, QT has the advantage of being able to play MPEGs, so you won't even need to convert your video clips! > > Charlie Fiskeaux II > The Creative Group > www.cre8tivegroup.com > 859/858-9054 x29 > cell: 859/312-3883 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Woodland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:09 PM > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> OT:Flash and Mpeg in Director > > > 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!] > > [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!]
