On Mon, March 19, 2007 2:51 pm, Don Gould wrote: > > > Nick Rout wrote: >> No you don't. It depends on the player. With mplayer those videos of >> yours >> start to play when the cache is approx 50% full. > > Really, so to make them useful I just have to sort out the compression > then host them just as files. No streaming required at all? >
Well its worth a try. If we make them small enough it doesn't matter that people have to download the whole thing anyway. > Can people skip forward on them though? Hmm, not sure on that. I really am no expert on encoding to ensure the maximum number of people using dodgy OSes can view them. If you want the smallest files at the greatest quality per byte, x264 is the video codec of choice. If you want everyone to be able to watch them, wmv or mov are the best containers. -- Nick Rout
