[TYPO3] New Videos for TYPO3 Editors

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On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Silke Arend wrote:
>> One thing I want to mention explicitly: Up to now, all videos are  
>> in wmv
>> format, which is supposed to be playable on different systems. Do you
>> think it is necessary to provide the videos in another format as  
>> well?
>
> wmv is *Windows* media. It requires standalone software for Mac,  
> which does not work seamlesly...
>
>> We have tested various alternatives - but without any consistant  
>> result.
>> Even the current avi files are not playable on all systems.
>
> avi is just a container for *a*udio and *v*ideo *i*nformation. This  
> is a file format. It can contain lots of things inside. Most likely  
> you used codecs that do not exists on most systems :)
>
>> Is their any-one with good knowledge in video-editing, who can help  
>> us
>> out with a tip which format, codec and setting will lead to videos
>> compatible to (nearly) all systems? Obviously, these files should  
>> be of
>> descent quality and file size.
>
> Indeo codecs are usually available. MPEG-2 is built-in everywhere  
> now. Quicktime is also good (freely and easily downloadable for  
> Windows). Flash videos are also popular and usually flash player is  
> installed.
>

Use of H.264 for video is usually a good idea now days together with  
mp3 for audio, can be put in a mp4 container, if I say this  
correctly....
In any case h.264 is a very well known video codec to make small high  
quality video files and can be played by flash player on any platform.

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