RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-18 Thread Quixadá
thanks, rob. i'll give it a try. At 09:17 17/11/00 -0500, Robert Wingate wrote: > > i know about windows media encoder, but how to import .asf files > > into director? it's not accepted. activex, maybe? > >Yes, use the Windows Media Player activeX control. Unfortunately this is >still a windohs-o

RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-17 Thread Robert Wingate
> i know about windows media encoder, but how to import .asf files > into director? it's not accepted. activex, maybe? Yes, use the Windows Media Player activeX control. Unfortunately this is still a windohs-only solution, but it works well. HTH Rob /* * Rob Wing

RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-16 Thread Quixadá
hi, rob i know about windows media encoder, but how to import .asf files into director? it's not accepted. activex, maybe? best regards At 16:38 14/11/00 -0500, Robert Wingate wrote: > > could you elaborate on how to create a multiple bit-rate mpg video? > >Our video guys use Windows Media Enco

Re: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-15 Thread Roberta Beattie
ED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 8:17 PM Subject: Re: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system > >Unfortunately there are so many factors that affect video playback. These >include (but are

RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Wingate
>> could you elaborate on how to create a multiple bit-rate mpg video? I should've mentioned in my earlier post that .asf is sort of a superset of .mp4 -- they implemented mp4 features, but not so much according to mpg standards. Why not? They're Microsoft. Asfs have some additional functionalit

RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Wingate
> could you elaborate on how to create a multiple bit-rate mpg video? Our video guys use Windows Media Encoder for this regularly. You can encode to single- or multi-bitrate files using the WME application, or automate it through the WME automation API. We do both. Download the docs & SDK here (t

Re: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-14 Thread John Trentini
Hi Rob I'm having the same problem (sort of) as Michael, could you elaborate on how to create a multiple bit-rate mpg video? Thanks John Robert Wingate wrote: > > Try encoding your video as a single multiple-bitrate mpg video file. > Then different machines can play it @ the quality each

Re: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-14 Thread Tab Julius
Unfortunately there are so many factors that affect video playback. These include (but are not limited to): 1) Processor speed 2) Amount of RAM 3) Amount of Video memory 4) Speed of CD-ROM 5) Caching mechanism(s) 6) Local bus or not 7) Drivers and hardware acceleration or not There are no sim

RE: Lingo for checking out the performance of the computer system

2000-11-14 Thread Robert Wingate
> I think that I'll have to create different quaility grades > of the digital video, at least one really good one and at > least one a slow machine can cope with. Try encoding your video as a single multiple-bitrate mpg video file. Then different machines can play it @ the quality each can handle