Updated list of (highly) compatible movie file formats...

[techguy]

I've seen Sonia's list
(http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm), but
it looks a bit outdated (e.g. it doesn't mention the .wmv file format).

I've converted most of of my stuff to .avi with the Cinepak codec (when
I had a choice, b/c I heard the Cinepak code was 'high compatibility'),
but wondering if I should convert all of my .wmv files to .avi.

I'll be distributing CDROM's, probably using the 'Package for CD...'
option. I'm on Win XP Home, SP 2 with PowerPoint 2003. I'm looking
for compatibility first, quality second.

What prompted this question, other than general curiosity, is that my
..wmv to .avi conversions weren't going too well. File sizes increased
by a factor of 4 and quality went down noticeably.

Thanks much!

 

[Echo S]

I believe WMV should work on most recent machines.

 

[Pdek]

I'm interested in knowing how you'll copy protect the CDs that
you'll distribute - or is that not a problem?

 

[EricK]

I would also like to find out more about video formats that run in PP.



My experience going back to PP97 is WMV and MPEG 1, has always played OK. I
have had problems with AVI files not playing. However, my files are PAL
format which may account for this.





I would also like to find out more about video formats that run in PP.



My experience going back to PP97 is WMV and MPEG 1, have always played OK. I
have had problems with AVI files not playing. However, my files are PAL
format which may account for this.



EricK

 

[techguy]

Not a problem for me. Sorry.