You can use QT on the PC side to play MPEGs, too. Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Re: How can I install a minimum QT Player without going through registration and download? HI Al, FWIW, I think from memory your required to distribute the most current Qt version available so your install wouldn't be so complicated but basically it's a "live with it" scenario. Just remembered the person installing may need to download the Qt activeX replacement thingy as well since Microsopphht doesn't support it anymore. I would use Mpeg1 myself if it's a major client issue and let Qt handle it natively on the Mac side and use DirectMedia on the Win side... no mess, no fuss, no downloads. The DirectMedia Xtra does cost a bit, but supports cue points, scaling etc. and is self contained. For further info on mpeg see http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/standards/mpeg-1/mpeg-1.htm. If I'm not mistaken mpeg is the encoding structure as the resulting file can have a .mpg, .avi or .mpeg extension on a win machine and still work fine. Even mp3 is just a variation for encoding audio. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong on this point HTH Brad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Allen Stare-IMM Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <lingo-l> Re: How can I install a minimum QT Player without going through registration and download? Hi, Here's the deal: client wants a cross-platformed CD-ROM. We used Quicktime for the video and some animation in the production. We check for QT presence at start-up on the PC side. If it's not there, we go to the QT5 Installer that we placed on the CD-ROM. The installer asks for registration information and wants to go to the web to look for newer installers. There is a newer installer right now, so it downloads the newer installer, closes down the old installer, restarts the new installer and then downloads the new player. That's a huge commitment from the user to getting Quicktime to run. Problem: The Client wants minimal interference from the installer. No registration, no checking for new versions, etc. He barely wants to install Quicktime but we've explained that we need a player to show the videos. My Question: How can I minimize this? I'm just playing back flat videos. No VR or extensions or any other QT specialty stuff. Is there a QT Movie Player contained somewhere in Windows Media Player? Is there a basic installer for the Movie Player only that I can get ahold of? It needs to display on Win95/98/NT/2000 and it definitely can't try to do a download. And, perhaps the bigger question, what are my other options for cross-platformed videos? I don't know much about MPEG. Would it work on both platforms without external installations? What about common codecs? We're using Cinepak for the QT because it's on both OS's. Thanks in advance for your help. All of the information I get from the list is always very valuable. Sincerely, Al Allen Stare [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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!]
