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Here's something to hopefully put a smile on your face this new years day

 

This is me, coming down the ski slope like the dumb ass that I am ... except the ending didn't go the way I had planned!!!!

 

Sorry for modem users but the video may be a bit too big ... the DIVX version is definitely the right size but you have to have DIVX to view it (available from www.divx.com )

 

Sip skiing DIVX avi (~318K)

Sip skiing Quicktime movie (~3.1 MB)

Sip skiing standard avi (~3.6 MB)

 

If there are problems seeing the video, let me know. I am just learning how to process digital video files and all the formats ... not sure which one is good .... but in my opinion, it's definitely worth to have the DIVX codec. If anyone has any suggestions or hints about video formats suitable for online usage, please let me know!

 

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EDIT: Once you install DIVX, you can view the video in the standard windows media player. For MAC users, the quicktime version may be better although it is much bigger.

 

[ January 01, 2003, 01:15 AM: Message edited by: Sip ]

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You know, it's silly. I have installed 6 versions of that damned DivX codec, and I still can't play the videos I choose! I still have to download/install yet another version of the 'playa'!

 

Why can't there be a standard that everyone respects!??! Bill Gates - to the guillotine!

 

Windows media player - phooey!

 

It's all so simple when you use a Mac - worked the first time.

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Yah but compare 300K versus 3MB !!!! That's an order of magnitude difference ... you gotta pay some price to have the state of the art I guess.

 

I think I used DivX 5.02 ... it's after 5.0 for sure.


You're absolutely right - but maybe the codec should be distribute WITH media player, non? We shouldn't have to wait for 3rd party players/codecs!

 

[ January 01, 2003, 01:59 AM: Message edited by: vava ]

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Originally posted by Sip:

Yah but compare 300K versus 3MB !!!! That's an order of magnitude difference ... you gotta pay some price to have the state of the art I guess.

 

I think I used DivX 5.02 ... it's after 5.0 for sure.


You're absolutely right - but maybe the codec should be distribute WITH media player, non? We shouldn't have to wait for 3rd party players/codecs!
Well, MPEG4, and DivX which is basically the most popular MPEG4 implementation, is an evolving standard. It'll take some time for it to reach a maturing stage like JPG, MPEG2 (DVD) and MP3 have. But it's definitely superior enought that it will muscle it's way in and kick out mpeg2 ... it's just a matter of how and when ... and what companies are going to start backing it up in what forms.

 

As far as I understand, the technology is there ... now it's just up to the marketing, politics, and the investors I guess.

 

[ January 01, 2003, 02:04 AM: Message edited by: Sip ]

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Actually, movses beat me to it ... but he posted something bad about you in the moderator section so I can't say it in public ... but it was pretty hillarious smilies/lol.gif smilies/disturbed.gif


/// not to self ///

Siapani het petq e lurj xosel / amen gaxtniqner@ mejter e hanum

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