On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 17:16, Michael Kaminsky wrote: > My digital camera can create short movies which are in AVI file format > and use the Motion JPEG codec. I have several programs that can play > them; that's no problem. > 1. What's the best file format and codec such that people using > Windows, Mac, and Unix can view the video relatively painlessly? > (A smaller size/better compression would also be great.)
Welll like you allready stated, you can allready play them. I assume that since they're avi files windows media player has no problems with them either. I can't comment about the mac, but I'm sure it's capable of playing avi's with mjpegs. > 2. Is there a Linux command-line utility that can convert from my > current AVI/Motion JPEG format to this other format (command-line > is preferable but not technically a requirement)? Transcode... don't ask me how it works... -- Mark Janssen Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT E-mail: mark(at)markjanssen.nl / maniac(at)maniac.nl GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 WWW Maniac.nl Unix-God.[Net|Org] MarkJanssen.[com|net|org|nl] SyConOS.[com|nl] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]