[android-developers] Re: Why Android cannot play .avi but can play youtube (avi?) and flash?

2010-09-08 Thread Alessandro Pellizzari
Il Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:32:15 -0700, Mystique ha scritto:

 Most youtube are flash am I right? then the codec must be build in
 somewhere?

AVI is just a container, not a format.

Videos on Youtube are tipically in mp4 format, for which Android has a 
decoder. Only the chrome (the interface around the video, the play/pause/
ffwd/etc. buttons) in in flash on the web, but Android has an app to 
replace them.

AVI files are tipically in DivX or XviD format, for whose Android doesn't 
have a decoder.

Bye.

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[android-developers] Re: Why Android cannot play .avi but can play youtube (avi?) and flash?

2010-09-08 Thread Mystique
Thanks Alessandro for the explanation :)

On Sep 8, 5:37 pm, Alessandro Pellizzari a...@amiran.it wrote:
 Il Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:32:15 -0700, Mystique ha scritto:

  Most youtube are flash am I right? then the codec must be build in
  somewhere?

 AVI is just a container, not a format.

 Videos on Youtube are tipically in mp4 format, for which Android has a
 decoder. Only the chrome (the interface around the video, the play/pause/
 ffwd/etc. buttons) in in flash on the web, but Android has an app to
 replace them.

 AVI files are tipically in DivX or XviD format, for whose Android doesn't
 have a decoder.

 Bye.

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[android-developers] Re: Why Android cannot play .avi but can play youtube (avi?) and flash?

2010-09-08 Thread Traveler
I'm not certain, but I think YouTube converts uploaded AVI files to
Flash, or some other format before putting them online.

On Sep 8, 5:32 am, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:
 Most youtube are flash am I right? then the codec must be build in
 somewhere?

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[android-developers] Re: Why Android cannot play .avi but can play youtube (avi?) and flash?

2010-09-08 Thread Mystique
Traveler you are right, my error.

On Sep 9, 1:28 am, Traveler jadkins...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm not certain, but I think YouTube converts uploaded AVI files to
 Flash, or some other format before putting them online.

 On Sep 8, 5:32 am, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:



  Most youtube are flash am I right? then the codec must be build in
  somewhere?

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