> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 3:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: media player strangeness -- Chesty? > > Ok so -- I am hearing a rumor that the latest Windows Media player > does not work with Blackboard. I am having an issue with someone's > video work that may be this issue. My question is whether anyone here > can confirms this and/or tell me how to roll back the WMP version. > > What happens is that she is using a webcam that saves files as .avi. > These play fine on her machine. When she uploads them and links to > them from her online class though, she gets fountains and you know, > screensaver looking things like you do to music. Except there is no > music -- this is video of a lecture in American Sign Language.
I'm, not familiar with BlackBoard but it sounds like a CODEC issue (that's the behavior when WMP can decide audio but not video - it plays what it can and shows the visualization). Unfortunately peripheral makers still make attempts to lock people into their hardware via software. Many webcam makers ship software that record in proprietary CODECs. At worst you need their software to see the results, at best they provide a CODEC pack to allow others to see it. If this is the problem then it's an easy fix - just record in something else. Nearly all these tools let's you pick a more generally portable CODEC (like WMV) but they rarely make it default. To see what that particular file uses you can Google "GSPOT CODEC" and hit the first link - it's a little tool which will determine which CODEC was used to create a file and whether or not the current system can play it. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239248 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
