[thelist] video format choices

[Joshua Olson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hassan Schroeder
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:12 PM
>
> I have a customer who wants to offer a video clip online (from a
> news segment, delivered by default in MPEG1 format).
>
> Other formats are available from the provider, at extra cost.
>
> What would provide the widest (cross-platform, commonly deployed)
> coverage -- MPEG1 + [ Windows Media | Real | Quicktime | ? ]
>
> This is probably a one-time deal, so installing a streaming server
> isn't a preferred option :-)

Hassan,

Sorenson Squeeze is a cost-effective solution to reformatting media into
various formats.  The feature that caused me to buy the package was it's
ability to take an mpeg and convert it to a flash movie.  With flash, you
have probably the highest market penetration of any format, hands-down.  The
application also has a feature where you can break the movie up
automatically and stitch it back together with a flash preloader.  Very
slick.  The cost is nice too...

Their site is slow, but the product is good (at least it has been to me):

http://www.sorenson.com/

You can buy it at their site, but you can often find the Flash functional
subset at other sites... so check at froogle.com for "Sorenson Squeeze"

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Joshua Olson
Web Application Engineer
WAE Tech Inc.
http://www.waetech.com/service_areas/
706.210.0168