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Darren
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:05 pm (20 years ago) |
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I need some advice on the best way to deliver an MPG movie to a windows user.
This is what I have so far:
http://www.seh-uk.com/attractinginvestment.html
Whilst it works perfectly on my Mac it doesn't work properly on my PC Win 98 using IE 6 and REAL Player installed.
Is there a better way to do it? I just don't know enough about how PCs handle movieclips!!
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GXEman
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:22 pm (20 years ago) |
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Justin
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:54 pm (20 years ago) |
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It works fine here streaming nicely via F2S ADSL and Windows Media Player 9. |
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Darren
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:32 pm (20 years ago) |
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Thanks GXEman, I will set up a test page to see if that works better for my client.
Justin, good to know it works for some people on Windows. The trouble the client had was that they only got the sound track. I tried on my Win 98 PC and got the same thing. I guess a lot depends on what kind of set up you have. |
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Darren
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:14 pm (20 years ago) |
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adam
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:46 pm (20 years ago) |
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the first one you posted kinda works for me (gxine with firefox on linux), though it only plays five seconds at a time before buffering again - maybe you should lower the quality of the mpeg.
the second one you posted just kills gxine |
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GXEman
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:49 pm (20 years ago) |
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Your first link didnt work for me. I just saw a black box in the width and height you specified in your source.
The second link worked, but like adam said, the lack of buffering was a problem.
*Edit- I'm using Win XP pro, IE6, on a cable modem if tha helps. |
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Justin
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:02 pm (20 years ago) |
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Darren
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:39 pm (20 years ago) |
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Thanks for the info everyone. It seems the second option is the way to go, the client was happy with that also.
I didn't create the MPG so I don't (as far as I know) have any way to reduce the quality. But I'm not really to worried about the speed, if buffering is a problem people will just have to pause it while it loads. just so long as it works. |
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adam
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:20 pm (20 years ago) |
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urm...the second one doesn't work here |
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Daniel
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:24 pm (20 years ago) |
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Link to both to keep everyone happy? |
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Darren
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:33 pm (20 years ago) |
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Unfortunately Adam, on this occaision I'm only really concerned with Windows compatibility.
I actually already have 2 links, the other goes direct to the Mpeg which just launches quicktime for me. |
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adam
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:34 pm (20 years ago) |
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Darren wrote: | Unfortunately Adam, on this occaision I'm only really concerned with Windows compatibility. |
fine then |
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