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[ILUG] Which Video Codec?

[ILUG] Which Video Codec?

paul at clubi.ie paul at clubi.ie
Wed Dec 20 17:24:48 GMT 2006


On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, James Galvin wrote:

> installation have been very poor quality.  Could anybody advise on 
> what formats or other utilities I should try?

Ogg Theora. Point windows users at VLC.

I've pointed a few Windows and OS X users at things like VLC, when 
they encounter media they can not play (e.g. AVIs with recentish 
codecs).

I guess those OSes aren't yet as ready for the desktop as Linux is..

regards,
-- 
Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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Remember: the biggest mistake to do is to overdesign. The road to hell is
paved with good intentions.

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