[thelist] Inserting m1v into web page?

[Charles Wilson (h)]

Since most people won't have a player for M1V files, use this program to convert it to a normal
video format, such as MPEG.

The "Rad Video Tools" program is a wonderful free program that can convert video files with many
options.
http://www.radgametools.com/default.htm

It s really very easy to use. Here is a tutorial to convert video files:
http://www.radgametools.com/binkhCON.htm

-charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Cheng" <mark.cheng at ranger.com.au>


> Hello all,
>
> Never having done this before, I'm having trouble inserting a short video
> into a web page.  I figured that I could just link it using an <a> tag, and
> that the browser would then sort out what to open it with (eg realplayer,
> quicktime, whatever).
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't appear to work - the video works fine for some
> browser/os but chokes on others.  Could it be the .m1v extension?  I looked
> this up and it is apparently a MPEG extension.
>
> the actual code I used was :
>
> <a href="../images/HECBBlast.m1v">
>
> The video is a home video of a mine blast, and I don't appear to have any
> software that will allow me to open this and save it as something else.
> Would an .avi work more consistently?
>
> Any suggestions on how to reformat this video or how to make it work more
> consistently would be appreciated.
>
>
> Mark Cheng
> Financial Controller
> Ranger Minerals Ltd
> Phone 08 9364 8355
>
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