Thanks joly. I'm really happy I joined this Ygroup. You confirmed my vague impression that I have to offer mp4 (in addition to my current embedded media), and that the mp4 has to be "downloaded for later play" as you say, which I think implies some kind of rss-for-video technology which I know nothing about at the moment. So I'm looking at another learning curve and don't even know what question to ask yet.
When I go to http://feeds.feedburner.com/punkcastpodcast which you mentioned, I see a page of rss code with an error message at the bottom which says "The XML page can not be displayed" and I don't even know if this is what I'm supposed to looking at or not. If I asked a question it would be really dumb and basic, like "Where do I start to get an RSS feed for my own MP4 video?" Or "Can Bittorent be used as a free solution to 'preload' video for the audience?" Mike Marzio www.realenglish.tm.fr >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message: 8 Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:06:56 -0500 From: WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: The Best Codec I've actually used pretty much the same spec of real for the last 5 years on punkcast, for much the same reasons that you mention. I give the link for the BBC download page, which gives a pretty junk-free free install. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp_install.shtml I'm not interested in embedded video, however, I'm looking for the lean-back experience, for streaming or download. Particularly, for non qt-pro owning i-mac users, real was the most practical free way of giving them full screen video bar M$, I have experienced problems over the years playing back QT on weaker PC's. - stuttering etc, The increasing use of broadband and introduction of the VLC player has changed things in recent times, making mpg or DIVX delivered via bittorrent a high-quality alternative. The advent of the video iPod, and the podcasting method, has created a new standard, which is mp4 running around 600kbps, downloaded for later play. Which codec to use is a matter of choice. I've seen very good results using Xvid but I use [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/AAC at 128kbps audio. Your question of 'Best Codec' really should be qualified with a purpose, - if you've been following the discussion here on google video, you'll see that the general consensus is that for embedded streaming it's very possibly flv in flash, but that's not much good for offline play. I'd suggest you do, as I do, for continuity and backwards compatibility, continue to offer real on your site, and offer a podcast of higher quality mp4 for those that are up to speed. A feedburner page offers an easy link to such content, see http://feeds.feedburner.com/punkcastpodcast joly >**Encoding in Real Producer (after capture and editing in Raw Intel Indeo): >Total Video+Audio Bit Rate: 225 Kbps >Size: 320x240 >Frame Rate: 25 fps (I live in France and shoot in PAL when I'm in the >States) >Video Bit Rate only: 193 Kbps >Audio Bit Rate only: 32 Kbps, mono, at 22 Mhz > >Mike Marzio Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
