Re: [MLUG] Quicktime 6 (Pro), exporting to a video format that Linuxcan easily play

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Linux now should be able to play Quicktime without CodeWeavers I think.
Look at mplayer. Isn't mpeg-4 what divx;-) is based off of? I'd think a
divx player could probably play mpeg-4.

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Bob Avery-Babel wrote:

> 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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