Re: [Gnumed-devel] capturing GNUmed use

[Sebastian Hilbert]

On Saturday 03 September 2005 12:05, Tim Churches wrote:
> Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> >The output produced by xvidcap is running too fast. This is due to xvidcap
> >dropping frames on slow machines.
> >
> >The fact that those movies don't run in MediaPlayer just shows the quality
> > of this software (or lack of).
> >
> >But before you call us ignorant we do our best to provide you with video
> > that even MediaPlayer users can watch. We have failed to produce such a
> > viedo with free codes and cannot use your beloved wmf. Thank MS for that.
> >
> >I recommend you get a decent video player for your OS which happens to be
> >either VLC or MPlayer. Extend them with a codec pack and you are ready to
> > go.
> >
> >Until then I am afraid we have to live with blocky, fast running mpegs/avi
> >videos.
Hi Tim !

Thanks for the info. Too bad I don't have regular access to a Windows machine 
but when I have I will try.
>
> About 90% of potential GNUmed users will be running Ms-Windows. Of
> those, about 90% will not bother to install a better video play.
> Therefore about 81% of potential GNUmed users will never see your video,
> or if they do, it will look terrible and run at the wrong speed.
>
> >I appreciate any notice on where to find free alternatives. If you happen
> > to know of such a thing even on MS Windows I would be glad to hear about
> > it.
>
> How about vnc2swf? But the best way to produce screen movies on MS
> Windows which can be viewed by MS Windows users is to use Windows Media
> Encoder, which comes at no extra cost with Windows XP (and may be
> installable at no extra cost for earlier versions, I think). Yes, it
> only produces WMF files which can only be viewed on MS Windows machines,
> so you need to make two movies - one for MS Windows and one using
> xvidcap for everyone else, but hey, that's life. The movie produced by
> Windows Media Encoder will look much better and the file will be much
> smaller, in my experience.
>
> Tim C
>
> >Sebastian
> >
> >On Tuesday 30 August 2005 21:16, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>eventually I managed to get xvidcap to work und Debian :-)
> >>
> >>I'll capture a nice GNUmed-in-use video and put it up on the
> >>web. It's going to be a couple of MB, though.
> >>
> >>Karsten
>
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