Richard, I'll have a look for 3ivx. When testing with avi, just nothing happened, but I don't use the player object, I use just the play command - might there be a difference between using the player object and a pure play command?
Thank you Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Richard Miller > Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. Februar 2007 18:15 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: OT: Quicktime and which codec ist best supported? > > Tiemo, > > The best Quicktime-compatible codec we've found is 3ivx. Best > compression yielding the best graphics. It's at 3ivx.com, for both > Windows and Mac. It's used commercially, for example, in the Pure > Digital Point & Shoot video cameras (which are rather amazing little > camcorders). Yes, your customers will have to download and install > it, but that's an easy practice. We've integrated their installer > into our own Rev installer program to make it even easier for the > customer. > > AVI'S work fine in the default Rev player object. > > Best regards, > Richard Miller > Imprinter Technologies > > > On Feb 18, 2007, at 6:37 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am new to Revolution and Quicktime-Video. I have read the > > archives, but > > still unsure about the right way for video. I produce offline content, > > distributed on CD / DVD-ROM > > > > > > > > 1. With Revolution build-in player I can only play .mov - right? > > > > > > > > 2. As mov is only a container format I know that I can use > > different codecs > > with mov. Best results when testing produced the Sorenson 3 codec. > > I tested > > also with SorensonTM ( little less), Apple MPEG 4 (almost as good), > > Apple > > Cinepac (bad quality) and Apple Planar (best quality but incredible > > giant > > file size). > > > > My question is, which codec comes with Quicktime installer, or what > > codec > > can I assume on customer machine? > > > > > > > > 4. Are there differences of quicktime installation between Apple and > > Windows, beside quicktime on apple is preinstalled? > > > > > > > > 5. If e.g. the Sorenson codec doesn't come with Quicktime, can I > > install the > > Sorenson codec additional to quicktime on customer machine and > > quicktime > > will grab it, if I encoded my mov with Sorenson? > > > > > > > > 6. I encoded movs on one of my machines and playing on the other > > machine > > showed only "LSD-like colored blur", though on both machines > > quicktime 7.1.3 > > (Windows) is installed. So there are obvious more factors, as > > quicktime > > version and codec to harmonize - what? > > > > > > > > 7. Which codec is the best approach with best quality and best > > compatibility > > when using mov? > > > > > > > > 8. As I have read on Apples quicktime site, I need an agreement > > from Apple > > to distribute the player with my application and have to put their > > logo on > > my product. Do you have any experiences with that procedure and > > restriction? > > > > > > > > 9. Did anyone tried to play avi or swf in revolution. I am not yet > > so far to > > use a shell execute, but I could think that could be an approach. > > But I > > don't know, if you have the chance to use controls / methods with a > > called > > exe, so that I can control an external player from within > > revolution (stop, > > pause,play,step, get mediastatus,.) > > > > > > > > Lots of questions, I hope not too much > > > > > > > > Thanks for any experience sharing > > > > Tiemo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
