<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben.v.root@gmail.com" target="_blank">ben.v.root@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from Wikipedia:<br></blockquote><div> </div></div><div><br></div>"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number of parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always clearly state which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Sigh.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div> The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows (but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX). </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has little if any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I don't know if that limitation is still valid.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.</div><div><br></div><div>Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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