.mp4 vs the world

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 25 Feb 2005 10:31

edited: just perpetuating the negativity

Flipsider · Post by **Flipsider** » 25 Feb 2005 12:13

I LOVE FOOTBAG.

...and I like cake.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 25 Feb 2005 13:40

I love footbag too

Nobody know how much I love this sport... Uhmm... Maybe you all who love the sport too know it...

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 25 Feb 2005 14:36

Man I feel u guys, I love footbag so much i've been playing everyday 2-5 hours for the last 3 weeks, on many occasions withholding attention from my gf so that I can kick (regretting that now...). Footbag is so good, so fun.

...Ellis how much would you sell me your barrages for?

Oh and on the topic, nice post junkyardjew, that is some valuable information. Downloading quicktime pro as we type.

junkyardjew · Post by **junkyardjew** » 25 Feb 2005 14:42

hey, no prob. if you're at cracks.am, i'd use firefox - because that site is seriously full of some mal-ware shit. it'll fuck your computer up if you let your guard down for a second.

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 25 Feb 2005 14:53

I downloaded the .zip file for Quicktime Pro, but I don't know what to do with it. Is this a file to actually install the program or to crack some kind of code on it? I don't really understand.

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 25 Feb 2005 15:03

You extract the .zip file (you should have winzip or some other extractor on your computer for this and it should open if you double click the file).

Then Open the keygen file, input your name and whamo you get a nice registration key that you can use to make the programme think you have paid for it and lets you use it.

Beware this is illegal.

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 25 Feb 2005 15:14

I know, but what do I do with the code? Do I have to find a pirated copy of the Quicktime Pro file and then use the code to register it?

Flipsider · Post by **Flipsider** » 25 Feb 2005 15:27

No, you just need to open your QuickTime player, click File > Registration (or similar), input the name+pass, click OK. You should probably download the latest QT first, which is 6.5.2.

Silly me, I actually bought QT Pro when I was on Windows.

Edit: Mr.BalinorNz, my Barrages aren't very valuable- they're not even insured- you may want to send an offer to Mr.Klouda or Mr.Jani because their's are more efficient.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 25 Feb 2005 16:44

Modest talk from the guy who has the best downtime single leg double dexes in the world.

junkyardjew · Post by **junkyardjew** » 25 Feb 2005 18:03

that's okay ellis - what'd you pay for it, forty bucks? compared to the mistake of paying for windows, that's peanuts!

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 26 Feb 2005 02:39

Newf wrote:Modest talk from the guy who has the best downtime single leg double dexes in the world.

Lol, u know, he's right ellis

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Haha good call Jared.

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 26 Feb 2005 05:42

by outsider: And what the hell's a codec anyway?

first: thats a codec john!

What's A CODEC?

A video codec (compressor/decompressor) is a program which can write a video into a file or play video from a file previously recorded. There is an extensive collection of codecs for different video types made by various companies, so you need to consider which is best for you.

What CODECs Do I Need?

The codecs that you need depend on the types of video files that you want to play. If you download a video for which you don't have the codec, the video won't play. Downloading the codec afterwards will 'fix' the video. To see if Windows Explorer shows the codec used by a video file, right click on the file name in a Windows Explorer window. Select the option 'Properties' and then the 'Summary" tab. Any of the information available about the file will be shown.

(from http://www.tifny2.com/codecfaq.html )

and second:
i make a lot of vids. and i actually think mp4 is good, mpg, and the others are all ok. but i use wmv. because thats whats about... i dont know why i use it. they are all good; in fact - the main goal is to compresse the vid donw on less mb's!

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 26 Feb 2005 07:31

Or you could just download VLC media player and not have to download anything else.

That's a little complicated I guess though.

PS nnnnnope I don't plan on dropping this.

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 26 Feb 2005 08:14

mosher wrote:Everyone shoukd listen to jared!

VLC Media Player (google it)

PLAYS

EVERYTHING

Just get it and all this codec complaining can end.

VLC is great, but it doesn't play certain .wmv codecs.

AWAY WITH WMV I SAY!

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 26 Feb 2005 08:18

Despite all that has been said regarding wmv, I still export all my videos to this compression because they come out SOOOOOOO small!

I exported a movie of mine to mp4 and it was over 100 MB's, would you have downloaded it?

Would you have downloaded the MP4 had you known that the WMV version came out to 5 MB? That sounds 20 times better to me, personally.

Sure the video quality isn't the best, but that is not what I personally stress in my movies, I just like seeing shred.

Tee H See · Post by **Tee H See** » 01 Mar 2005 20:28

make sure your compressing with the rights settings cause they can for sure affect the size.

yo ellis, you have a mac (tight), do you design your website using it?

keep MP4!!!

Post by **Allan** » 01 Mar 2005 21:24

I've taken WMV's off of monsterhack, re-encoded them as high quality AVI's and exported that back as an mpeg-1 and it shaved 2 megs off the file size

Then I got a life and went back to work.

Shorter clips are good as MPEG1 played in quicktime or VLC.

Long clips are good as QT .mp4.

WMV's are frustrating.

Allan

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 02 Mar 2005 04:45

When I had time to download videos - if I couldn't get a video to play - I would search for the file and download a program that would play it - hence I now really don't mind what something is encoded in because there is a very high chance I can play it anyway - the last time I had a video I couldn't play was when div x somehow caught a virus or something and I had to reinstall it.

I don't think it's a big issue what format vids are in - use whatever format you personally think is best or easiest and if people complain about it being in a format they can't watch - it probably means they aren't that keen to watch it anyway. (I'm sure there are the odd exception - well not really, I'm just covering my arse incase somebody gets pissed off at me

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Flipsider · Post by **Flipsider** » 05 Mar 2005 09:32

when QuickTime 7 releases, this conversation will render useless.

For those interested in the new H-264 codec, go here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/h264.html

I'm such a video nerd.

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