[MLUG] Quicktime 6 (Pro), exporting to a video format that Linux can easily play

["Bob Avery-Babel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hey All,

I've been playing with iMovie a bit. I want to be able to export the video
to a format that I can easily play on my Linux box. iMovie only can export
to a quicktime file. If I get Quicktime Pro I can export it or convert the
video to these other formats:

 AIFF
 AU
 AVI
 BMP
 DV Stream
 FLC
 Image Sequence movie exporters
 JPEG/JFIF
 JPEG 2000 (Mac OS X only)
 MacPaint
 MIDI
 MPEG-4
 Photoshop
 PICT
 PNG
 QuickTime Image
 QuickTime Movie
 SGI
 System 7 Sound
 Targa
 Text
 TIFF
 WAV

So I'm trying to figure out the best/most common video format to use. I have
OS 9 (Mac) and Linux (RH8) at my disposal. I don't want to have to get the
codeweavers software to play quicktime on my Linux box. I thought some sort
of video player on linux might be able to handle mp3 video, but I don't see
anything that easily handles mpeg-4 video (And Quicktime Pro doesn't export
to MP3). Ultimately I'd like to burn the video to a cdr and then be able to
play it on a Linux, Windows, or Mac box. Any ideas on the best video format
to use in this case? I don't know if it is possible to have the format be
able to be played on a dvd player as well, I was looking at the vcd format,
but that appears to be a bit complex as well.

Thanks for any advice on this!

Bob


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