From: "Fred Kovach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: SMI & fill= "meet"
I am having difficulties, though, with windows _smaller_ than the encoded
video. It wants to crop them even with fit="meet". Is this a limitation?
Or am I doing something wrong?
My code is as follows:
<smil>
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout background-color="#000000" height="225" width="250"/>
<region id="logo" left="5" top="65" height="77" width="240"
z-index="3"/>
<region id="Video" left="5" top="5" height="180" width="240"
z-index="4"/>
<region id="TextBot" left="5" top="185" height="40" width="240"
z-index="5"/>
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<par>
<seq>
<par>
<video id="Video-id" src="gql3.rm" region="Video" fit="meet"/>
<img id="logo-id" src="logo.rp" region="logo"/>
</par>
</seq>
</par>
</body>
</smil>
Fred Kovach
ICI University
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
webpage: http://www.loclnet.com/kovach
[ Moderator's Note: Thank you, Fred, for including your SMIL code. ]
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of RealForum
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 6:55 PM
>>Subject: SMI & fill= "meet"
>>
>>
>>From: "David Carraher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: SMI & fill= "meet"
>>
>>Folks,
>>It is *very* useful to know about this command setting if you
>>want your
>>video to come out without distortion. All of the SMIL
>>examples I've seen
>>from the RealPlayer site use the default, fill="fit", which
>>may distort the
>>picture image by changing its height to width ratio.
>>I recommend that someone at Real go over the examples and change them,
>>where appropriate, to the fill="meet" case.
>>That'll save a lot of headaches!
>>
>>By the way, we just finished putting together an example CD
>>that actually
>>runs SMIL on Mac or PC without any change in code whatsoever.
>> I know,
>>"big deal" but it's the first time I saw it actually work.
>>
>>By the way, Mac prefers 8.3 filenames even though Windows
>>doesn't care.
>>Use the short, 8.3, names to avoid cross platform incompatibilities.
>>
>>Also, I recommend NOT using sub-directories. A flat file structure
>>requires no tweaking, should the user decide to move things
>>to his/her hard
>>drive.
>>
>>David Carraher
>>TERC, Cambridge, MA
